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From: G T Kinsley< >
Subject: Window of Opportunity
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 11:44:57 -0500

The pilot and the Landing

A pilot is flying a small, single-engine, charter plane with a couple of
really important execs on board into Seattle airport. There is fog so
thick that visibility is 40 feet, and his instruments are out. He circles
looking for a landmark and after an hour, he is low on fuel and his
passengers are very nervous. At last, through a small opening in the fog
he sees a tall building with one guy working alone on the fifth floor.
Circling, the pilot banks and shouts through his open window:

"Hi, where am I?"

The solitary office worker replies: "You're in an airplane."

The pilot executes a swift 275 degree turn and executes a perfect
blind landing on the airport's runway five miles away. Just as the
plane stops, the engines cough and die from lack of fuel. The stunned
passengers ask the pilot how he did it.

"Simple," replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in that building a
simple question. The answer he gave me was 100% correct but
absolutely useless; therefore, that must be Microsoft's support office
and from there the airport is three minutes away on a course of 87
degrees."

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