Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for April 11, 1993
April 10, 1993
April 12, 1993
Transcript:
Calvin as pilot: At 35,000 feet, the engines of flight 430 explode for no reason! With plumes of dense smoke trailing from the wings, the giant aircraft plummets out of control! Meanwhile, a 50 car freight train hits a penny on the rail at 80 miles an hour and jumps the tracks, dragging half a million tons of metal into the air behind it! In a freak coincidence, both the jet and the train are conversing on one spot where tectonic plates in the earth's crust have just begun to shift! That spot is the house of Farmer Brown, who at this moment, is unaware of a gas leak as he attempts to light his stove! As he strikes the match, he casually glances out the kitchen window. Calvin: His eye twitches involuntarily. Hobbes: Can't we play something else?
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The plane is a good old McDonald (prenounced Mic donal) MD-11. And old 3 engine plane. Now only used by UPS and by the USAF as a reconnaissance aircraft. But at the time this was made they were like the 737s of their time. (Sorry I cannot stop myself from geeking out about this)