Duct tape. We called it 100 mph tape back when I was in the military and it was an invaluable tool for quick repairs while out in the field. Dave Barry calls it one of the six fundamental forces of the universe, “with the other five being gravity, magnetism whining, remote control, and the force that pulls dogs toward the groins of strangers.”
Probably one of the most innovative uses for this all purpose fix-it/stick-it was performed by the astronauts of Apollo 13 who used it to fabricate an ad hoc life support system while 200,000 miles from the Earth.
TDA researcher Anna Z found us another story of duct tape aeronautical engineering involving a drunken passenger on a United Airlines flight from Puerto Rica to Chicago.
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Passenger Maria Esther Castillo of Oswego, N.Y. was charged this week with resisting arrest and interfering with flight operations. Castillo had apparently been drinking both at the airport and on the plane before her behavior became so unmanageable that she had to be duct taped her seat.
Castillo, 45, struck a flight attendant on the buttocks with the back of her hand during Saturday’s flight, FBI Special Agent Peter Carricato said in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte. She also stood and fell onto the head of a blind passenger and later started pulling the person’s hair, the complaint stated. ~ SunTimes
She fell on the head of a blind person? She must have really gone berserk. Forget the snakes; drunks on planes are far more upsetting and unfortunately very commonplace. One would think that the almost daily occurrence of drunks storming the cockpit, becoming verbally abusive, stripping, and trying to open the door at 30,000 feet that airlines would ban alcohol on flights, but it will not happen. It’s just another example of how casually our culture accepts the constant stream of problems and tragedies in order to continue our love affair with alcohol.
By the way, my pet peeve when it comes to drunks on a plane: The passed out fat guy snore. Makes me want to shove a bag of peanuts up their nose!
