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True: 800ft diameter asteroid passed within 500K miles of hitting earth in 1989. |
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T: Confused pilots occasionally land on tiny strip short of correct airport. |
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Documented: P-51 Mustang can flip over if you mash on the throttle, but not due to engine torque. |
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In Dispute: US Govt fixed plane transponders always report positions(catch drug imports) |
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Documented: Airforce/manufacturers tests planes by firing chickens from special cannon. |
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Impossible: Chicken cannon causes massive damage because chicken was frozen. |
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Impossible: Chicken cannon causes massive damage due to a cat that crawled in looking for chicken. |
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T: Cessna planes used to not be sold in the US due to threat of liability suits but Beechcraft and Mooney did still make & sell planes in the US. |
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T: Pilot can discreetly signal a hijack by setting the transponder to "7500" |
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Tb: Leave flaps down when off the active as a request for armed intervention!! |
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F: The Great Wall of China can be seen with the naked eye from the moon. |
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T: Many manmade structures can be seen with the naked eye from Earth orbit. |
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F: Shuttle crew did secret experiment on how to make love in zero gravity. |
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Tb: Jet lag is exacerbated by alcohol consumption. |
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T: Parachute mishap brought down a Cessna (gently) on a novice's parachute. |
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F: Airlines use a gas to keep passengers mildly sedated and less troublesome. |
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U: Similar story of lowering cabin pressure below usual. |
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Fb: Both pilots on airliner end up locked out of cockpit in lavatory mixup. ["Death and Danger in the Air" in CBA] |
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U: In 90% of plane crashes, the words "Oh sh*t!" appear on the flight recorder. |
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Fb: Another passenger arrives for full plane; airline employee Gay must give up his seat. Someone else answers yes to "Are you Gay?"; Gay says "I'm Gay"; more passengers chime in that they're gay and "They can't kick us all off." |
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F: Bank programmer makes big bux by skimming off or rounding calculations in a payroll or interest compounding program. [AKA "Salami" method.] |
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T: Institutions are very reluctant to report frauds so may be difficult to ID. |
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T: There're lots of stories about how the Challenger astronauts died. |
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T: ...Check out Challenger's "Final Minutes"? |
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T: On 2 July 1982, some lawn chairist w/lots of hot air went to 16K ft. |
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F: Neil Armstrong may have helped an old neighbor named Gorsky get a blowjob when he took that step. [See the full transcript with Armstrong's comments at the Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal] |
