mikemc@mustang.ncr-fc.FtCollins.NCR.com (Mike McManus) (12/22/89)
WARNING: This should only be read by those who consider themself true geeks!
The "Pee Wee Herman Fan Club of Poland" chartered an airliner to fly them over
to Los Angeles for the world premier of Pee Wee's new movie, "Pee Wee For
President". After the airplane took off, one of the club members, Leo, who was
a real clown, stood up and yelled, "On the count of three, we're all going to
jump to the left side of the plane! Ready? One, two, three, jump!" So
everyone on the plane jumped to the left side. The pilot noticed the weight
shift, and the plane suddenly dove to the left and went into a spiral! The
pilot fought with the controls, and finally managed to bring the plane under
control, just a few hundred feet before it crashed into the water. "Phew!
That was close! I wonder what caused that?", the pilot wondered. A little
while later Leo, being the clown that he was, stood up again and said, "O.K.,
on the count of three, we're all going to jump to the right side of the plane!
One, two, three, jump!" Everyone jumped to the right side, and again the plane
went into a spiral. The pilot wrestled with the controls as they lost
altitude. The plane got closer and closer to the ground, but no matter what
the pilot did, he could not recover, and then... CRASH! The plane hit the
ground nose first, and burst into flames! Everyone on board was killed
instantly. When the inspector came to investigate the crash, he took one look
at the scene and said, "It's obvious why this accident occured. Everyone knows
that it is inherently unstable with all of the Poles in the righthand-side of
the plane."
DISCLAIMER: Studies in classical control theory may required for full
appreciation of the aforementioned incident ;)
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