Subject: reporters
> Date: Saturday, January 17, 1998 9:16 PM
>
> Subject: FW: Flight Instruction
> >
> >
> > The scene is a newspaper office. The editor says to one of his
> > reporters: There's a fire raging out of control west of town and I
> > want you to get out there fast. And above all, get some good shots.
> > If that means you have to hire an airplane, just do it. Don't worry
> > about the expense.
> >
> > So, the reporter calls the local FBO and orders a plane. He rushes
> > out to the airport, spots a small aircraft with a young pilot in it,
> > pulls open the door, jumps in and says to the pilot: Let's go, take
> > off. As directed, the pilot takes off, gets up to altitude, and the
> > reporter then tells him: "See that fire raging to the West? I want
> > you to fly over that and get down as close as you can." Incredulous,
> > the pilot says: "You want me to fly over that fire?" "Sure," the
> > reporter says, "I am a photojournalist and that's why I am here--to
> > take dramatic shots of the fire!" The pilot looks over with a
> > quizzical look on his face and says: "You're not the flight
> > instructor?" |
