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(STLToday) Scary Control tower tapes show the diversion of Obama's plane to St. Louis last month was serious; "we would like to declare an emergency and also have CFR (crash equipment) standing by in St. Louis". They even called in Rex Kramer   (stltoday.com) divider line 172
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log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 02:36:49 AM  
Looks like I picked the right week to stop voting republican.

 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 02:46:14 AM  
There's a sale at Penney's!

 
Bill_Wick's_Friend 2008-08-15 02:55:36 AM  
Obama saved the day by throwing all the motherfukcing snakes off the motherfukcing plane.

 
Etchy333 [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 03:18:45 AM  
I just want to wish Obama good luck, we're all counting on you.

 
Speedofdarkness [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 03:36:41 AM  
What kind of plane was it?

 
log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 03:51:12 AM  
It's an entirely different kind of campaign altogether.

 
Pope George Ringo [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 04:29:06 AM  
i140.photobucket.com

 
Practical_Draconian [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:05:39 AM  
In McCain headquarters, someone is pointing at this and going "See, he can't be The One. He can die anytime folks!"

 
ninjakirby [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:15:49 AM  
i2.photobucket.com

 
Man On Pink Corner [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:36:32 AM  
ninjakirkby Nice vomitorium, dude

 
Rickerkioz [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:37:12 AM  
log_jammin: It's an entirely different kind of campaign altogether.

It's an entirely different kind of campaign

 
ninjakirby [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:41:09 AM  
log_jammin: It's an entirely different kind of campaign altogether.

It's an entirely different kind of campaign.

 
Hoopy Frood 2008-08-15 05:45:35 AM  
Aren't all unscheduled landings the results of emergencies?

 
All Latest 2008-08-15 05:45:55 AM  
log_jammin: It's an entirely different kind of campaign altogether.

Rickerkoiz: It's an entirely different kind of campaign altogether.

ninjakirby: It's an entirely different kind of campaign altogether.

It's an entirely different kind of campaign altogether.

/Just making that clear

 
wildancrazy159 2008-08-15 05:47:34 AM  
i say we start a fark dead pool on Obama and McCane. one has a skinny dude with a knife on a stick after him, the other a large portion of the south drawing targets with his likeness.

im sick of the whole mess..

 
rackrent [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:48:36 AM  
Speedofdarkness: What kind of plane was it?

Oh, it's a big, pretty, white plane with red stripes, curtains in the window, and wheels. It looks like a big Tylenol.

 
log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:51:53 AM  
I knew you guys wouldnt let me down

 
Control_this [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:52:22 AM  
Hoopy Frood: Aren't all unscheduled landings the results of emergencies?

Clearly you've never heard of jazz pilots.

 
steveeeee 2008-08-15 05:52:23 AM  
Ah good, Airplane threads never get old.


/don't call me Shirley

 
jayday 2008-08-15 05:56:43 AM  
Hoopy Frood
Aren't all unscheduled landings the results of emergencies?



Not always. Something like bad weather, or low fuel due to unforeseen headwinds can also cause it.

 
Gulper Eel [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 05:58:20 AM  
Big farking deal if the plane crashed. After three days he'd be back campaigning like nothing ever happened, and Howard Wolfson would demand to renegotiate his 30-pieces-of-silver deal with Fox.

 
Hilary T. N. Seuss 2008-08-15 06:00:17 AM  
They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say: let 'em crash!

 
JonnyBGoode 2008-08-15 06:01:47 AM  
Surely you can't be serious.

 
gspazg 2008-08-15 06:02:31 AM  
Etchy333: I just want to wish Obama good luck, we're all counting on you.

Whats this "we" shiat?

/speak for yourself

 
Beaver1224 2008-08-15 06:04:08 AM  
JonnyBGoode: Surely you can't be serious.

Of course I'm serious. And stop calling me Shirley.

/I've gotta be beat

 
Occam's Chainsaw [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:04:16 AM  
No comments involving Obama and speaking jive? I'm disappointed.

/And too uninspired to come up with one myself.

 
Beaver1224 2008-08-15 06:05:38 AM  
The real question is: Is Obama over Macho Grande?

 
JonnyBGoode 2008-08-15 06:09:49 AM  
Captain, maybe we ought to turn on the search lights now.

 
Ed Finnerty 2008-08-15 06:12:22 AM  
I hope this doesn't affect his drinking problem.

 
jayday 2008-08-15 06:14:03 AM  
"Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?"

 
log_jammin [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:14:07 AM  
Occam's Chainsaw: No comments involving Obama and speaking jive? I'm disappointed.

/And too uninspired to come up with one myself.


BHO: shiat man, that FOX NEWS mus' be messin' my old lady... got to be runnin' cold upside down his head. You know?

Campaign manager: Hey home, I can dig it. You know he ain't gonna lay no mo' big rap up on you man.

BHO: I say hey sky, s'other s'ay I wan say?

Campaign manager: UH...

BHO: Pray to J I get the same ol' same ol'.

Campaign manager: Eh. Yo knock yourself a pro slick, gray matter live performas down now take TCB'in man.

BHO: Hey, you know what they say... See a broad, to get that booty yak 'em.

BHO, Campaign manager: Leg 'er down 'n smack 'em yak 'em

BHO: Cold got to be. You know? Shiiiiit.

 
shanewf 2008-08-15 06:14:26 AM  
I'm guessing The Messiah stood up and spake, "Peace, Peace, Be Still". And then control was returned, the billows sink, the clouds roll away, and the stars shine forth. The plane comes to rest upon a quiet runway. Turning to his disciples, The Chosen One asks sorrowfully, "Why are ye fearful? Have ye not yet faith?"

 
chewy7097 [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:15:29 AM  
The republican zone is for anonymous gay sex only. There is no fudge-packing in the democratic zone.

 
bookelly 2008-08-15 06:17:24 AM  
WildanCrazy Dude, that's a felony. Be careful.

 
Ed Finnerty 2008-08-15 06:18:01 AM  
chewy7097: The republican zone is for anonymous gay sex only. There is no fudge-packing in the democratic zone.

www.dtdstudios.com

 
Hoopy Frood 2008-08-15 06:20:05 AM  
jayday: Hoopy Frood: Aren't all unscheduled landings the results of emergencies?


Not always. Something like bad weather, or low fuel due to unforeseen headwinds can also cause it.


Those sound like emergencies to me, especially low fuel.

 
e4tango 2008-08-15 06:20:27 AM  
St. Louis? What is it?

 
JonnyBGoode 2008-08-15 06:20:50 AM  
chewy7097: There is no fudge-packing in the democratic zone.

img175.imageshack.us

/disagrees

 
ElPresidente [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:22:19 AM  
JonnyBGoode: Captain, maybe we ought to turn on the search lights now.

No... that's just what they'd be expecting!

 
shanewf 2008-08-15 06:23:39 AM  
e4tango: St. Louis? What is it?

It's a crappy town with a shiny metal thing on the river. I know, I had the misfortune of living there.

 
MisterBill [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:25:58 AM  
shanewf: It's a crappy town with a shiny metal thing on the river. I know, I had the misfortune of living there.

But that's not important right now.

 
CanisNoir [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:27:42 AM  
chewy7097: The republican zone is for anonymous gay sex only. There is no fudge-packing in the democratic zone.

Umm, Barney Frank has a complaint for ya.

 
JonnyBGoode 2008-08-15 06:27:43 AM  
Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle. It's just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.

 
CanisNoir [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:28:26 AM  
JonnyBGoode: chewy7097: There is no fudge-packing in the democratic zone.



/disagrees


dang, too slow on the draw :(

 
ElPresidente [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:29:50 AM  
FTFA: "...MD-80 charter airliner...

...the pilot reported he no longer had 100 percent control, with only "limited pitch authority" of the aircraft...
"

Good job those MD-80s don't have a history of horizontal stabiliser problems, isn't it? Can you say "jackscrew"?

upload.wikimedia.org

That was a farking close call for Obama, methinks.

 
mylonitic 2008-08-15 06:34:15 AM  
Four-alarm fire in downtown Moscow clears way for glorious new tractor factory.

 
texanb4 [TotalFark] 2008-08-15 06:37:00 AM  
i158.photobucket.com

RIP

 
LonMead 2008-08-15 06:38:33 AM  
images.usatoday.com
"Our only hope is to build this man up. We gotta give him all the confidence we can."

 
Goofball_Jones 2008-08-15 06:39:33 AM  
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines....

 
jayday 2008-08-15 06:40:12 AM  
Hoopy Frood: Aren't all unscheduled landings the results of emergencies?

jayday: Not always. Something like bad weather, or low fuel due to unforeseen headwinds can also cause it.

Hoopy Frood: Those sound like emergencies to me, especially low fuel.



Nah...your thinking like on empty, running on fumes, having to coast in, type low fuel. The reality is more along the line of calculating the amount of fuel needed to get to your scheduled destination and just coming up short. This could be while 1/2 tank, or a 1/8 tank, or whatever amount it might be remains. This kind of thing isnt too uncommon with the smaller types of planes.

 
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