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Old 25th Oct 2003, 06:50
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Georgeablelovehowindia
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It's actually quite common, when flying in the vicinity of thunderstorms. I remember descending one night in the London area, with St Elmo's dancing around the windscreen. The first officer, who rather fancied one of the stewardesses, called her up to the flightdeck and said "Look at this K---ty" He then casually pointed his finger at the windscreen, whereupon the St Elmo's jumped across the gap to the first officer's finger with a loud crack, causing a loud yelp from said first officer and K---ty to flee the flightdeck. I nearly Sh!t myself laughing ... but then captains are cruel!
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