As a pilot for over twenty years it was my job not to crash into things.  Occasionally accidents do happen though.  I lost count of how many times I massacred birds with my various flying machines.  I once had a chunk of ice the size of a grapefruit hit my windshield whilst I was flying at about 420 miles per hour!  That was exciting.  It had fallen from another aircraft that I was directly behind.  The bang as it struck left my ears ringing for the best part of ten minutes! 

I also once had a near miss with a big pink pig … that’s no lie.  Honest.  It was one of those helium balloons.  It was floating along at about 8000 feet over Lincolnshire when it flashed past my cockpit.  I was so surprised, I turned the aircraft around and flew past it again just to make sure that I wasn’t seeing things.

I bet the pilot of this aircraft had an interesting story to tell, though …

Looks like Christmas is cancelled.

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