A friend reminded me it has been a while since a new post appeared. I admit I’ve not been feeling verily blogty-ho of late: I think my inner zimble went walkabout, taking my much needed sense of humour with it.
Despite frantic spinning of a prayer wheel, the gods continue to conspire, leaving me in a world of car breakdowns, faulty telephone lines and missing potato peelers.
However, none of my days could possibly have been as bad this jet aeroplane's. Imagine, if you were an F111, returning to base with a broken nose! The accompanying news report said, “The jet was flying at 900m on a test bombing raid at Evans Head, northern NSW, when a pelican struck the fibreglass nose and was sucked into an engine”.
The RAAF crew were hailed as heroes for flying the damaged aeroplane. The air commodore was criticised for allowing the damaged plane to fly over built up areas. No one said anything about the poor pelican or what it was doing at 3000 feet.
