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xkcd #3124: Grounded

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We should have you at the gate in just under two hours--two and a half if we get pulled over.

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (14 children)

Yeah, I will need an explanation on this.

Do they plan to taxi all the way to the destination? (Are those bridges clearance charts about height clearances for trucks on the kinds of bridge that passes over a road?)

[–] lena@gregtech.eu -5 points 1 month ago

I think they plan to ignore ATC, turn up their engines and fly away

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