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		blueskin_ on Feb 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Air... Just about any can glide, but not necessarily well. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

awongh on Feb 21, 2014 [–]

I never knew about the glide ratio of large jets! And this story is amazing, mostly for the simultaneous levels of stupidity and competence involved.

blueskin_ on Feb 21, 2014 | [–]

Isn't one person's competence offsetting another person's stupidity what programmers and sysadmins do all day, every day anyway? ;)

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