On December 18, 2004 09:44 am, Erik Hofman wrote: > Curtis L. Olson wrote: > > Of course, there's the old joke I have to repeat ... > > > > *A reporter was interviewing an old Scandinavian fighter pilot, on live > > television, asking him how it was in the war. > > > > "Vell," said the old guy, "vee used to fly up dere and dogfight dem > > Krauts. Ya, vee used to shoot dem German fokkers outta da sky." > > > > "For the benefit of our viewers," interrupted the reporter, "we should > > explain that the term 'fokker' refers to a specific type of German > > fighter plane." > > > > "Vell .ya," said the old Scandianvian pilot, "but those fokkers were > > flying Messerschmitt's."* > > It remains a funny story. Just like this one: > > True story: BA pilot to ground control watching a close call on the > > taxiiway between a Fokker and another plane a few years ago: > > > > "Ooh, that was a bit of a Fokker" > > > > "Yes, almost the end of a beautiful Friendship" > > Erik > O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 329: "Approach, I've always wanted to say this... I've got the little Fokker in sight." Ampere _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
