Test Pilot Prints

"Testing the world's first ejector seat for helicopters..."

The phrase "pushing the envelop" came into common usage after Tom Wolfe used it in his book "The Right Stuff." We was describing test pilots with exceptional courage who were expanding the limits of flight. Ernie wants to become a test pilot and people ask me if he has the right stuff. Unfortunately, his level of courage can best be described by saying ... Ernie is unable to push the envelope because he's terrified of getting a paper-cut!

'Test Pilot.'

Fast Track

'We better get him out of there! His heart rate and blood pressure are nearing last minute wine-shopper levels!'

'So what's it like riding in first class?'

'What zip code are we in now?'

Fighter Jet Sneeze

Servicemen.

Airline Debts: Layoffs to help us stay afloat.

'You just don't know when to give up, do you?'

Walking Luggage.

'Buying the inflight entertainment system was a great idea of yours, Dear...'

How we imagined A.I. in 1977. . . How it's looking today. . .

WW2 fighter pilot with emoji kills

"Someone must love someone very much indeed."

"He built his own airplane from a kit."

Pilot with champagne.

'Sometimes George likes to pretend he's an astronaut.'

'Why can't you admit you're lost?'

"I always check 2 bags, but one's just a sacrifice to the luggage gods."

'What's with the overnight bag, Orville?'

The World's Easiest Airport

Child on an airplane wearing a shirt with a switch that says "Airplane mode"

'My Pilot-Fish is on holidays, so I'm using a GPS System to find my way around...'

Cow Blue Arrows

'Stop pulling that silly face, Dear.'

'Sir, will that be business or first class?'

Broomstick crash.

"Not now, Oliver."

The World Wide Web.

TSA Noah

'We will be 3 minutes late taking off. . . the pilot has to piddle.'

"Think we'll still make happy hour?"

October 11, 2009: History is made when 8-year-old Tommy Wurtner becomes the first child to enter space.