Comments on: "Heck with the tiger. What about the plane in the driveway."

"Heck with the tiger. What about the plane in the driveway."

fpatrick — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 06:02:25 -0800

"Heck with the tiger. What about the plane in the driveway." Maybe this plane was piloted by an invisible network of terrorists aiming to disrupt LA traffic.

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 07:39:35 -0800

It says "parked," so I assume the aircraft was totally shut down, i.e., the engines weren't spooled up and providing any thrust. Airports are necessarily flat -- even the staging areas traditionally referred to as "ramps" are level rather than inclined. So what got this bird rolling? I'm going to guess that the culprit here is wind. A jetliner has a huge "sail area" for breezes to push against, and enough sustained force might overcome the resting friction and get its unbraked wheels to roll.

By: groundhog

groundhog — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 07:43:27 -0800

Pilot probably left it in neutral instead of park. Unless it's a manual tranny...

By: plaino

plaino — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 07:55:39 -0800

This sounds familiar (last two entries for Aug 7, 2000)

By: monkeyJuice

monkeyJuice — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 07:58:01 -0800

LOLOLOOLOLLOOL - watch the video!!

By: monkeyJuice

monkeyJuice — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:02:35 -0800

- erm maybe i should watch where i post my comments -

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:19:51 -0800

I followed a link from the page plaino cites and found this movie. Very cool.

By: grum@work

grum@work — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:28:48 -0800

I'm sorry to go off-topic, but the funniest thing on the link from plaino is the very last paragraph on that page.

By: camworld

camworld — Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:27:04 -0800

"Hmmm, I wonder what this button does..."