Guest guest Posted March 19, 2001 Report Share Posted March 19, 2001 Helicopters and Microsoft A helicopter was flying around Seattle yesterday when an electrical malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not determine the helicopter's position and course to steer to the airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a handwritten sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign said " WHERE AM I? " in large letters. People in the tall building quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held in a building window. Their sign said " YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER. " The pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the co-pilot asked the pilot how the " YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER " sign helped determine their position. The pilot responded " I knew that had to be the MICROSOFT building because, similar to their help-lines, they gave me a technically correct but completely useless answer. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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