yes, going up is optional... landing is a must! so I agree, we control the plane from crashing. i don't want relate this with the collision experiment they had the other day.

2009/6/4 Gituma Nturibi <gnturibi@gmail.com>
@andrew I was told that a pilot does not land the plane, it lands itself!

yep a landing is a controlled crash basically you make the aircraft
loose lift and then it brings itself down to the ground, the work of
the pilot is to make sure this is done smoothly.

On 04/06/2009, Odhiambo  ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Clearly you have not been to JKIA in the recent past. How does an
>> International airport lack water for 4 whole days? Ludicrous.
>
>
> There is no water in Kenya. Ndakaini dam is drying up. KAA cannot think of
> sinking boreholes to get water. You do know where these guys' focus is, no?
> Selling..selling..selling..
>
> Seriously though, Kenya may soon be importing water if the dependency on
> rainfall is not changed. Remember the "Water for Everyone by 2010"?
>
>
>
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