The Short And Wide Runway
Harold and Al were on a small chartered ariplane when the pilot suddenly had a heart attack.
“Don’t panic,” cried Harold heroically.” I’ll land this baby!”
Seizing the controls he headed for the runway at laGuardia Airport, and began wrestling the diving plane to the gorund. Just as the wheels touched the ground. Alscreamed, “Red lights! Right in front of you!”
Immediately Harold threw the engine in reverse and jammed on the brakes, bringing the plane to a violent stop just inches from the ddedge of the lights.
“Brother!” He puffed, wiping his brow.” That sure was a short runway!”
“yeah,” agreed Al, looking side to side, “but look how WIDE it is .”
又短又寬的跑道
哈羅德和阿爾正乘坐在一架小包機上，飛行員突然心臟病發(fā)作了。
“不要心慌，”哈羅德自告奮勇說，”讓我來把飛機降落。
“他抓住操作桿朝拉瓜迪亞機場的方向飛去，并試圖讓俯沖的飛機著陸。當(dāng)飛機的輪子碰到地面時，阿爾大叫：”紅燈！在你的正前方！”
哈羅德立即向后扳動操作桿，剎住了，使飛機猛然停在了距離燈柱僅幾英尺的地方。
“哥兒們，”他喘著氣，擦著額頭說：“這條跑道可真夠短的了！”
“是啊，”阿爾贊同地說著，向外面左右望了望，“不過，你瞧它多寬啊！”
