JSVB is extremely proud to announce our latest delivery! On Friday January 21, at 7:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, we were incredibly happy to receive one bouncing Boeing 737-700! Weighing in at a hale 84,100 pounds and 5 ounces, the new arrival was christened Landon D. Tarmac. Celebrate good times, oh yeah!!
Okay, there's a bit more of this story to be told. It started with an airplane trip taken by my wife. The outbound leg worked out well, but the inbound journey was stalled by thick fog at our home airport. The visibility was too low to attempt a landing, so the aircraft was turned back to its originating airport, an hour and a half away in the next province. I drew a picture to cheer up my wife, who ended up missing an important appointment due to the fog. Click here to see the image.
The airline tried again in the evening, but the fog was even worse. At the airport, the scene was charged with drama: strobe lights attempted to pierce the gloom of the night, and all of the runway illumination glowed with fierce intent. Overhead, we could hear the engines of the invisible airliner spool up to full power as the brave pilots attempted three times to complete a landing. Yet we could not even see the jetliner's landing lights; we knew that there was not enough visibility to land. The engines thundered away to the east, and we groundlings were once again left to return home without our loved ones. Climbing into my winter-cold auto, I spied a bouquet of roses upended into a nearby garbage bin. Safe at home, I altered the airline picture into a night-time version, click here to see that.
Third time the charm, so the saying goes. Flight 454 made a triumphant return - I illustrated the flight preparations in the drawing you can see by clicking here. The fog outside is still thick as gravy, but at least my sweetheart and I are home together!
NOTES:
Nurses don't wear hats anymore.
Maternity wards don't have central nurseries for healthy infants.
Planes land on the runway, not the tarmac. They also don't fit into hospitals.
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