Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for September 20, 2011
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Transcript:
Ex-con Michael Ta'bon of Philadelphia, PA, USA, spent all of February 2011 in a homemade jail cell to demonstrate to young people that a life without crime is the best policy! The 3 million gallon pool at Coney Island Amusement Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, is so large- the lifeguards use rowboats to patrol the water! Oops! The unlucky bouquet! In 2009, a plane flew low over a wedding reception in Suvereto, Italy, and a passenger tossed a bouquet to the crowd below- but the flowers were sucked into the plane's rotor, causing an explosion in crashing the aircraft.
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charliefarmrhere about 13 years ago
Other than the US Navy Osprey, I don’t recall any “plane” having a “rotor” (blades). Did they mean a helicopter? (which is not really considered a plane).
Nighthawks Premium Member about 13 years ago
the one passenger who was injured due to being exposed to flames. But he was saved when they pulled him out just as he was al dente
charliefarmrhere about 13 years ago
@afficionado—-private (& business) planes do have piston or turbine powered props, but not rotors, unless it is a helicopter or gyrocopter. Rotors are in place above the aircraft, & replace wings as the main source of lift, Props can be a pusher type, rear of the pilots, or forward at the nose.
corpcasselbury about 13 years ago
My hat’s off to Michael Ta’bon for using his experience to show young people that crime is not the path to choose.
Dkram about 13 years ago
Smooth move Exlax..\\//_
iced tea about 13 years ago
Michael Tabon scared kids strait. There should be more like him out there!
charliefarmrhere about 13 years ago
@Night-Gaunt49—-Technically you are correct, as the “rotor” is the main drive shaft that a propellor or helicopter blades is attached to. It is helicopters however, that are considered to be, & commonly known as “rotor craft”, even though the others do have rotors.