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“I realize this is your first time in Kano, so let me tell you some tips for long life. It’s a good idea to locate a removable ceiling tile so you can hide in the space between floors in case we’re attacked.”
― A Pilot's Tale: Terror, Luck, Africa, and Angels
― A Pilot's Tale: Terror, Luck, Africa, and Angels
“In forty-three years, I flew at nine airlines, seven of them career airlines. Airlines are like spouses—it’s best to have only one.”
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“Young children, maybe only five or six years old with bowls for alms, street hawkers, and lame men sitting with their useless leg tucked beneath them on impoverished skateboards, lodge on the street, inches away but light-years when measured by any other scale. Outstretched hands mock our comfort.”
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“I frantically study my aeronautical chart but can’t pinpoint my location. I can’t find any airports near where I think I am. I’m beginning to panic. I see no towns, no roads, just a massive expanse of sameness over this high-plains desert in the middle of Wyoming. My life now depends on radio communications, and I’m in such a remote area, I don’t know if there will be anyone in range to hear me.”
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