Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

An Airbus 380 is on its way across the Atlantic. It flies consistently at 800 km/h at 30,000 feet, when suddenly a Eurofighter with a Tempo Mach 2 appears.
The pilot of the fighter jet slows down, flies alongside the Airbus and greets the pilot of the passenger plane by radio: "Airbus, boring flight isn’t it? Now have a look here!"
He rolls his jet on its back, accelerates, breaks through the sound barrier, rises rapidly to a dizzying height, and then swoops down almost to sea level in a breathtaking dive. He loops back next to the Airbus and asks: "Well, how was that?"
The Airbus pilot answers: "Very impressive, but watch this!"
The jet pilot watches the Airbus, but nothing happens. It continues to fly straight, at the same speed. After 15 minutes, the Airbus pilot radios, "Well, how was that?
Confused, the jet pilot asks, "What did you do?"
The AirBus pilot laughs and says: "I got up, stretched my legs, walked to the back of the aircraft to use the washroom, then got a cup of coffee and a chocolate fudge pastry."
The moral of the story is: When you’re young, speed and adrenaline seems to be great. But as you get older and wiser, you learn that comfort and peace are more important.
This is called S.O.S.: Slower, Older and Smarter.
Dedicated to all my senior friends ~ it’s time to slow down and enjoy the rest of the trip.
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Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

That's why I don't need the fastest internet, fastest computer, SSD over HDD, and so forth.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

SkyKing Loc: Thompson Ridge, NY

…I feel better already…Thanks for posting this…

BebuLamar

That's why they retire the A380 early.

doxphoto Loc: Allentown, PA

You are so right!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Good one.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Dang, and I just spent an extra 20K for horsepower when all I needed was a pastry.

flathead27ford Loc: Colorado, North of Greeley

francosp Loc: Arizona

Totally right. A friends of mine never wanted to switch to fighter aircraft. He flew most of large american military aircraft including the B-52 because he hated to sit for hours into a confined cockpit. On the large aircraft he could always stretch his leg and walk and enjoy amenities.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Apparently you've never seen the inside of a B-52. I'm sure your friend might be able to stretch his legs, but that would be about it. The plane is cramped. The flights were, too, much longer than those of fighter aircraft. For a look inside a B-52, go to the 9 minute mark and beyond of the following video. Notice there's a urinal, but that's it. They are, however, awesome aircraft.

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iba-3&ei=UTF-8&hsimp=yhs-3&hspart=iba&p=is+there+a+bathroom+in+the+b-52&type=sdff_9527_FFW_ZZ#id=3&vid=78896a7d569ca64c5c3a3047c81cd68c&action=click

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

Don

RoswellAlien

Wonderful. Thank You.

SOS is now my logo.

Reuss Griffiths Loc: Ravenna, Ohio

My brother, a former Marine jet pilot, used to fly wide bodies for Continental. He always signs off his emails, "Keep the blue side up".

singleshot Loc: Georgia

I can relate.