XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, occam yelped out that:   
   > On 21/07/2025 22:59, James Dow Allen wrote:   
   >>   
   >> HenHanna@NewsGrouper  posted:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Duck Landing on a Lake   
   >>> https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1945602812131344384/vi   
   /avc1/720x722/FHOdcx2n9V8DfQxs.mp4   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Did "Sully" Sullenberger watch this video in preparation for his Landing on   
   >> the Hudson?   
   >   
   > No, but I think the space shuttle people should.   
      
   What space shuttle people?  All the intact Space Shuttles are in   
   museums, and all the newer space planes glide much better.   
      
   > This is more of less how the shuttle lands.   
      
   No space shuttle landed on its belly, which is where most of the   
   fragile tiles are.  Also, the duck has a lower approach angle, and   
   doesn't need to do as much flare.   
      
   /dps "fowl up to AUE only"   
      
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