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I once traveled with the basket ball team for my university, and the head coach was insistent on sitting in the very last row of the plane. When asked about it he said "I've never heard of a plane backing into a mountain."

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That was one of the Jokes from David Gunson's "What goes up might come down" [1]; an after dinner speech given and recorded in the early 80's. It's 50 minutes long, which briefly takes you through his history as a fighter pilot, self employed civil servant doing ATC and then gives the listener some handy hints on how to fly, take-off and land a jumbo yourself (should you ever find yourself in that situation) as well as some musings on Concorde.

A truly hilarious and surprisingly educational listen, recommended to anyone who likes flying and Pythonesq humour. Stunningly quotable as well.

I caution that there are a couple of questionable and dated jokes made, but for early 1980's it's surprisingly PC.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCA5qpBWDcI

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