Thank-you
I have for more years than I care to remember avidly browsed this forum and found it an excellent place to get a more in-depth understanding of aviation. This thread however is the first article that has ever made me laugh out loud. The quick-witted and wonderfully sharp sense of humour has been a pleasure to read. RAT 5, Bergerie1 et al please continue, your comments are appreciated. As an aside, I well remember being in the jump seat of a B757 (prior to 9/11) and hearing the thump, thump, thump as we accelerated down the runway.