I wonder if she had Farmers.
Here’s another limited time gift article from Aviation Week*. This one is on an electric amphibian. IMO the most important snippet here is the comment by the honcho that they don’t see batteries getting good enough for electric airplanes even after decades. Electric motors have huge advantages, but they’re now going with fuel cells to make their electricity.
* To be clear, this is AW&ST gifting the article to everyone; They’re hoping to tease existing basic subscribers like me into upgrading to the premium (or super-premium) subscription tier. Just bring money.
They have no mechanism for subscribers to ever gift anything to anyone.
Not all.
“Goose landed on top of car. Total loss.”
Just once, I want the NTSB report to just contain a link to a YouTube clip of Billy Bob Thornton as Karl in Sling Blade.
Don’t forget Albatross; a few are still flying.
I almost used Mallard.
Grumman fighter planes were named for cats.
Grumman amphibian planes were named for … wait for it … amphibious birds. Now that’s some creative marketing thinking. Somebody got a bonus for sure for that bit of sales innovation.
You can get one during intermission
What flavor is it?
(I have not clicked on the link; don’t think I need to.)
Are there non-amphibious birds? Just about every bird I can think of either swims, or at least tolerates water to a large degree.
It’s a bird, innit. It’s a bloody sea bird . .. it’s not any bloody flavor.
IANA bird guru. You might be.
My take is birds like ducks can paddle around happily all afternoon. An e.g. sparrow would drown if set in the middle of a large enough pond.
Birds float better than e.g. humans, but if their feathers aren’t the waterproof design soon they’ll waterlog and be too heavy to fly. And those spindly little feet give no propulsion on water.
So, if she weighs the same as a duck…
Everything has a flavor!
Wikipedia - seabirds
Songbirds may take a drink or a bath but neither their primary food source nor most of their time is spent in or over water
I was just going to suggest this. You learn quite a bit about someone just watching them drink. And as the old adage goes, “Instant asshole, just add alcohol”.
IMO that person was the kind of crazy you don’t get from a well-balanced individual getting even “roaring” drunk. They may well have been full of booze, but they were also full of insanity, emotional breakdown, or some other recreational substances. Or maybe all of the above.
Unlike the case for pilots, FA even for a major airline is an entry level position. You need exactly zero relevant work experience or training to be hired for the job. What you need is a perky personality and to make it through the drug screen and the new-hire training course.
It is stressful work in many ways. Weird hours, weird living arrangements, weird eating options. You’re always with other crewpeople, but they’re all strangers you met yesterday and won’t see again after tomorrow until you’ve been there a few years. And you’re on stage the whole day with nowhere to go hide for a few minutes to relax.
Some folks rather quickly develop bad habits. Particularly for FA’s it’s easy to steal a bunch of booze every night. Then drink it. Etc. Plenty of younger folks know how and where to get illicit drugs too.
I knew the blonde guy who tries to catch John Cleese’s attention, where Cleese stops at the 20 second point in the clip.
Agent: “What happened to your car?”
Driver: “A mosquito hit the windshield.”
I’d bet that was the driver’s next of kin talking.