jbg Posted April 16, 2009 Report Posted April 16, 2009 (edited) This recent news story (link) reminds me of Stompin' Tom's song "Martin Hartwell Story" (link to lyrics). Below is an excerpt of the story, and of the song lyrics. Clearly, someone on that plane, either the jumper or the pilot, is a mite bit dim. Excerpt from News Story: By The Canadian Press CAMBRIDGE BAY, Nunavut - Pilots on a northern charter flight had to declare an on-board emergency when an unruly passenger opened an exit door and jumped. RCMP say the King Air 200 was flying from Yellowknife to Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, on Wednesday when the pilots made the distress call. Excerpt from "Martin Hartwell Story": LOST!...Up in no-mans land of the Northwest Territories They were lost up in no-mans land The Martin Hartwell Story The Martin Hartwell Story On November the 8th of '72 north of the Arctic circle A plane took off from Cambridge Bay and the pilots name was Hartwell He had to make it to Yellowknife even though the night was stormin' To save the lives of an Eskimo boy and a pregnant Eskimo woman Oh Mr. Hartwell said the nurse I pray that you will guide us To save this woman with her child and the boy with appendisitis But the wind it blew and the storm it grew and the signal of controita They missed by miles and flying wild they crashed beside lake Hota Lost up in no-mans land of the Northwest Territories They were lost up in no-mans land The Martin Hartwell Story The Martin Hartwell Story Apparently, another, more profit-oriented plane jumper, D.B. Cooper, fared little better (link). Maybe jumping from planes and/or flying in Arctic blizzards isn't too smart. D. B. Cooper A 1972 FBI composite drawing of D. B. Cooper Other names Dan Cooper Occupation unknown Known for Hijacking a Boeing 727 on November 24, 1971, and jumping out of the plane in flight. D. B. Cooper is the name attributed to a man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the United States on November 24, 1971, received US$200,000[1] in ransom, and parachuted from the plane. The name he used to board the plane was Dan Cooper, but through a later press miscommunication, he became known as "D. B. Cooper". Despite hundreds of leads through the years, no conclusive evidence has ever surfaced regarding Cooper's true identity or whereabouts, and the bulk of the money has never been recovered. Several theories offer competing explanations of what happened after his famed jump, which the FBI believes he did not survive.[2] Edited April 16, 2009 by jbg Quote Free speech: "You can say what you want, but I don't have to lend you my megaphone." Always remember that when you are in the right you can afford to keep your temper, and when you are in the wrong you cannot afford to lose it. - J.J. Reynolds. Will the steps anyone is proposing to fight "climate change" reduce a single temperature, by a single degree, at a single location? The mantra of "world opinion" or the views of the "international community" betrays flabby and weak reasoning (link).
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