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Jim Busch (jbusch@enterprise.withheld.net)
Thu, 05 Jun 1997 10:19:45 -0400
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>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 and course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw
>a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and
>held it in the helicopter's window.
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>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.
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>Their sign said "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER."
>
>The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to
>steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the
>copilot asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped
>determine their position.
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>The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the Microsoft building
>because they gave me a technically correct, but completely useless, answer."
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