A pilot and a co-pilot were descending for a
landing at an airport
they had never been to before. The pilot
looked out the windshield, and
suddenly exclaimed to the co-pilot:
„Holy cow! Look how short the runway
is! I’ve never seen one that
short!“
The co-pilot looked out the windshield. „Wow! you’re right!
That’s
incredible! Are you sure we can make it?“
„Well we
better, we’re almost out of fuel.“
So the captain got on the
intercom, and notified the passengers to put
their heads between their
knees, and prepare for an emergency landing.
Then he set the flaps to
full down, and slowed the plane to just over
stall speed. The big
jumbo jet came screaming in, on the ragged edge of
control. The
pilot’s hands were sweating, the co-pilot was praying.
They touched
down, and came screeching to a halt just before the edge
of the
runway, the tires smoking.
„HEW! That was CLOSE!“ yelled the
captain. „That runway was SHORT!“
„Yeah!“ said the co-pilot, „and
WIDE too!“
