Santa's Flight Exam
12-02-2004, 11:43 AM
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Santa's Flight Exam
Santa's Flight Exam
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> Those with flight experience will particularly appreciate this....
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> Santa's Flight Exam
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> Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the
> Federal Aviation Administration, and it was shortly before
> Christmas when the FAA examiner arrived.
>
> In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe
> all the reindeer. Santa got his logbook out and made sure all
> his paperwork was in order.
>
> The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the
> reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and Rudolf's nose. He
> painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance
> calculations for the sled's enormous payload.
>
> Finally, they were ready for the checkride. Santa got in,
> fastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness, and checked the
> compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's
> surprise, a shotgun.
>
> "What's that for?" asked Santa incredulously.
>
> The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you
> this, but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."
> >
>
> Those with flight experience will particularly appreciate this....
>
> Santa's Flight Exam
>
> Santa Claus, like all pilots, gets regular visits from the
> Federal Aviation Administration, and it was shortly before
> Christmas when the FAA examiner arrived.
>
> In preparation, Santa had the elves wash the sled and bathe
> all the reindeer. Santa got his logbook out and made sure all
> his paperwork was in order.
>
> The examiner walked slowly around the sled. He checked the
> reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and Rudolf's nose. He
> painstakingly reviewed Santa's weight and balance
> calculations for the sled's enormous payload.
>
> Finally, they were ready for the checkride. Santa got in,
> fastened his seatbelt and shoulder harness, and checked the
> compass. Then the examiner hopped in carrying, to Santa's
> surprise, a shotgun.
>
> "What's that for?" asked Santa incredulously.
>
> The examiner winked and said, "I'm not supposed to tell you
> this, but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."
12-02-2004, 12:45 PM
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RE: Santa's Flight Exam
And Santa's reply was : You will have to takeoff with your seatbelt unfastened because I will have to dump all unecessary weight.
