Friday, June 18, 2004

Where Am I!?

A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft’s electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter’s position or determine the correct course to the airport.

The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled around, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter’s window. The pilot’s sign said “WHERE AM I?” in large letters.

People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building window. Their sign said “YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER OVER SEATTLE.”

The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined his course to the Seattle airport, and landed safely.

After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the “YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER” sign helped determine their position?

The pilot responded “It was easy. I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because they gave me a technically correct but totally useless answer!”

Posted by Venusian31 on 06/18 at 12:31 PM
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