The service is booked for December 17th 2009, and is planned to be held at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA. A number of bicycle manufacturers all over the world are gearing up production in order to be ready for the leap in sales predicted for Spring 2009, when many potential attendees will need to leave home in order to arrive at the service in time.
Cruise lines and ferry operators were preparing to help, but have decided to withdraw co-operation in case anyone thinks they'd be adding to Global Warming. An alternative online video-conference memorial service has been proposed, but no-one can work out how they're going to get all the CPUs from the Far East to the computer manufacturers in the USA, let alone how the computers will be distributed to potential participants.
A suggestion that people may participate by sending messages by carrier pigeon is being taken seriously at this time. Only methane-free carrier pigeons will be eligible, however. Gordon Brown is proposing a tax of £3.2 bn per carrier pigeon.
Stop Press A group of subversives from an organisation called
Flight International are claiming that the death of aviation as we know it is a fabrication of
The Guardian, and are suggesting that people ought to have more bleeding sense and start engaging brains before committing crap to keyboard!
