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No matter how hard they tried, Al Qaeda just couldn't seem to find good people anymore.

Posted by Caliban Darklock | January 15, 2007 | 10:13 am | Permalink
 

Signs that the Democrats have gained control of the government can be seen all across America.

Posted by Mark | January 15, 2007 | 10:18 am | Permalink
 

Perhaps the advertisement highlighting the 'First Lesson is Free' should have specified that students DRIVE there.

Posted by LJD | January 15, 2007 | 10:35 am | Permalink
 

Note taped to sign: "The wind blew it there. Really."

Posted by Gollum | January 15, 2007 | 10:49 am | Permalink
 

From the tree, Lew phoned his wife to say that he was hung up at work.

Posted by Gollum | January 15, 2007 | 10:54 am | Permalink
 

Ah, LJD beat me to it, tho I was more on the lines of "It had seemed elementary that one did not *fly* to one's first flying lesson -- but no."

Posted by Anderson | January 15, 2007 | 10:56 am | Permalink
 

Indignant, Jeff noted that he had successfully avoided the grain elevator, the water tower and the electric wires.

Posted by Gollum | January 15, 2007 | 10:56 am | Permalink
 

From phugoid to fubar . . .

Posted by Gollum | January 15, 2007 | 11:08 am | Permalink
 

Grade: C-minus.

Posted by McGehee | January 15, 2007 | 11:08 am | Permalink
 

Instructor's Notes: Needs to work on landing skills.

Posted by McGehee | January 15, 2007 | 11:09 am | Permalink
 

"The day Ted Kennedy lost his pilot license."

"I didn't know Teddy had a new mistress."

Posted by Mister Biggs | January 15, 2007 | 11:11 am | Permalink
 

Brangelina attempt to teach too young Maddox to fly also.

Posted by Brandi | January 15, 2007 | 11:32 am | Permalink
 

Bush - "I said no guns, no Halloween scares, can't drive nothing. So you let Cheney pilot a plane."

Posted by Ingress | January 15, 2007 | 11:38 am | Permalink
 

The New York Times revealed another classified program today when they disclosed the "Learn to fly honey trap" that had been luring would be terrorist hijackers to their death.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | January 15, 2007 | 11:42 am | Permalink
 

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing ... but what if you break your leg climbing out of the tree?

Posted by yetanotherjohn | January 15, 2007 | 11:42 am | Permalink
 

The FAA rejected the pilots explanation of a "Whomping willow" as the cause of the crash.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | January 15, 2007 | 11:44 am | Permalink
 

So when the leaves fell this winter, I found the plane my drunk brother in law borrowed last spring.

Posted by yetanotherjohn | January 15, 2007 | 11:45 am | Permalink
 

Notice there is no sign for "Learn to land here".

Posted by yetanotherjohn | January 15, 2007 | 11:45 am | Permalink
 

The short lived resurgence of Air America

or

We control the air!

Posted by madmatt | January 15, 2007 | 12:06 pm | Permalink
 

“The day Ted Kennedy lost his pilot license.”

Instructor's comments: "As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly."

Posted by Rodney Dill | January 15, 2007 | 12:36 pm | Permalink
 

"As near as I can tell, they were trying to fly through that barn upside down."

Posted by Russell Newquist | January 15, 2007 | 01:24 pm | Permalink
 

At length, Fred began to have second thoughts about his online flight school degree.

Posted by Gollum | January 15, 2007 | 01:52 pm | Permalink
 

A good landing is one you can walk away from.

Posted by Maniakes | January 15, 2007 | 01:58 pm | Permalink
 

A good landing is one you can walk away from; a great landing is one where you can use the plane again.

Posted by Maniakes | January 15, 2007 | 01:59 pm | Permalink
 

Re: Rodney's Dill's

"The day Ted Kennedy lost his pilot license.”

Instructor’s comments: “As God is my witness I thought turkeys could fly.”

Shouldn't that be "As God is my witness I thought he had enough wild turkey to fly" ?

Posted by Steven L. | January 15, 2007 | 02:09 pm | Permalink
 

Recovered from the black box:

". . . .No. My left. MY left."

Posted by Steven L. | January 15, 2007 | 02:09 pm | Permalink
 

... Among the other damages, the pilot was asked to pay for replacement of the 'No Parking' sign he knocked over.

Posted by Bithead | January 15, 2007 | 02:21 pm | Permalink
 

1) Ye olde proverb of "Fly Low and avoid the radar", can be dangerous.

2) Confusic (sp?) say;
When flying through the air,
the eagle and Oak may not occupy same place.

3) Pilot's fortune cookie before flight, "Unmoveable Tree beats Flying Bird."

4) #1 reason why not to get a Hmmmmm'er while flying.

5) Charlie Brown's 1st plane.

Posted by Scott_T | January 15, 2007 | 02:21 pm | Permalink
 

...Australian for
Christmas Tree

Posted by Lindy R. Dole | January 15, 2007 | 02:29 pm | Permalink
 

Asked how he was able to survive such a horrible crash without a scratch, the survivor, Mr. B. Bunny, replied, "Well, yeah, see, I never studied law."

Posted by FreakyBoy | January 15, 2007 | 02:41 pm | Permalink
 

First attempt:
Rock, paper, scissors
Tree, plane, ?

Second attempt:
In todays news: A local prop driven lumber gatherer...failed!

Posted by TheHat | January 15, 2007 | 02:56 pm | Permalink
 

A simple case of "follow that robin."

Posted by DL | January 15, 2007 | 03:09 pm | Permalink
 

I'm learnin' to fly ...
but I ain't got wings ...
Comin' down is the hardest thing

Posted by Kenny | January 15, 2007 | 03:22 pm | Permalink
 

Mr Carlson: As God as my Witness... I thought Turkeys could fly...

Posted by SgtFluffy | January 15, 2007 | 03:36 pm | Permalink
 

"George of the Jungle learns to fly"

Posted by floyd | January 15, 2007 | 05:58 pm | Permalink
 

"It's not a block plane , stupid"

Posted by floyd | January 15, 2007 | 06:00 pm | Permalink
 

It's plane to see, It's a hegemony!

Posted by floyd | January 15, 2007 | 06:05 pm | Permalink
 

SEE WHAT HAPPENS! when you cross a sequoia with a venus FLY trap!!

Posted by floyd | January 15, 2007 | 06:11 pm | Permalink
 

I told you so!! You can't trim the hedge with your propeller!!

Posted by floyd | January 15, 2007 | 06:13 pm | Permalink
 

Where raccoon pilots go when faced with a dogfight!!

Posted by floyd | January 15, 2007 | 06:15 pm | Permalink
 

YOU "oughta pilot" when there's no "autopilot"

Posted by floyd | January 15, 2007 | 06:23 pm | Permalink
 

Looks like "Sky King" will have to take up "Hi-king"

Posted by floyd | January 15, 2007 | 06:26 pm | Permalink
 

Barbara Walters: "If you were to fly into a tree, what kind of tree would you fly into?"

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 07:23 pm | Permalink
 

"Looks like I picked the wrong day to start sniffing glue."

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 07:26 pm | Permalink
 

Overheard several miles away: "Dude, where's my plane?"

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 07:35 pm | Permalink
 

Blame Overgrown Bush!

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 07:36 pm | Permalink
 

"Harrumph! Harrumph! Don't be hasty. Harrumph!"

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 07:39 pm | Permalink
 

Mourning Wood.

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 07:44 pm | Permalink
 

So the Garps still haven't taken that plane down out of their treehouse?

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 07:46 pm | Permalink
 

"OK, I probably need to start out a little simpler with you. 'Bird' is just kind of a slang word we use for an airplane."

Posted by DaveD | January 15, 2007 | 07:50 pm | Permalink
 

Okay, let's try that again, this time with your eyes OPEN!

Posted by elliot | January 15, 2007 | 07:51 pm | Permalink
 

"Hey, honey, remember when our neighbors the Smiths took up flying after they became empty nesters? Well, you're not gonna believe this....."

Posted by DaveD | January 15, 2007 | 07:59 pm | Permalink
 

Miss Pringle, couldn't you wait at least until we reached a mile up?

Posted by elliot | January 15, 2007 | 08:13 pm | Permalink
 

"Look, he didn't think LEARN TO FLY HERE meant the tree. That's a weird idiom and they should change the sign."

Posted by Hodink | January 15, 2007 | 08:23 pm | Permalink
 

Famous last words: "Just remember, the tree is 90% air."

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 09:06 pm | Permalink
 

If God had wanted man to fly he wouldn't have invented tall trees.

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 09:07 pm | Permalink
 

Moving NAVAIDS aorund is all fun and games until somebody gets hurt.

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 09:08 pm | Permalink
 

Jeffrey Leonard's one-flap down theory didn't work in real life.

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 09:11 pm | Permalink
 

Good evening. This is your Captain. We are about to attempt a crash landing. Please extinuish all cigarettes. Place your tray tables in their upright, locked position. Your Captain says: Put your head on your knees. Your Captain says: Put your head on your hands. Captain says: Put your hands on your head. Put your hands on your hips. Heh heh. -- Laurie Anderson

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 09:14 pm | Permalink
 

Famous last words: "What does this button do?"

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 09:17 pm | Permalink
 

FAA investigators continue to search for the root causes of this morning's light plane crash near Bill Kelso Field.

Posted by charles austin | January 15, 2007 | 09:20 pm | Permalink
 

Did you notice the "How's My Flying" sticker on the tail?

Posted by elliot | January 16, 2007 | 08:59 am | Permalink
 

Are you sure you're a pilot?
No, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn last night.

Posted by elliot | January 16, 2007 | 09:03 am | Permalink
 

(Erkle voice) "Did I do that?"

Posted by elliot | January 16, 2007 | 09:04 am | Permalink
 

Instructer to Student: "I said, take us to the 'POPULAR' landing site, POPULAR not POPLAR!!!!"

Posted by elliot | January 16, 2007 | 09:08 am | Permalink
 

Missed it by that much!

Posted by Phil Smith | January 16, 2007 | 11:15 am | Permalink
 

Learn to fly here. Learn to crash there.

Posted by Donald Sensing | January 16, 2007 | 12:11 pm | Permalink
 

Thus ended the first solo flight of the Chinese student pilot, Wun Wing Lo.

Posted by Donald Sensing | January 16, 2007 | 12:17 pm | Permalink
 

Are you kidding? American Aviation will pay us MILLIONS to take our tree fort down!!

Posted by Cowboy Blob | January 16, 2007 | 11:47 pm | Permalink
 

"Well, you had it nearly right, Henny Penny."

Posted by Rachel Edith | January 17, 2007 | 02:40 pm | Permalink
 

The motto of "Left turns only" does not apply that well to aviation.

Posted by Scott_T | January 17, 2007 | 02:45 pm | Permalink
 

Blond, James Blond

Posted by Lindy R. Dole | January 17, 2007 | 03:07 pm | Permalink
 

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