An Ercoupe was flying around above Seattle yesterday when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the 'Coupe's electronic navigation and communications equipment. ( Read compass ?? ) Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the craft's position and course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a hand-written sign, and held it in the 'Coupe's window. The pilot's sign read: "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign read "YOU ARE IN AN ERCOUPE " The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN AN ERCOUPE " sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded: "I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because, similar to their help-lines, they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer."
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