The plane and the bear....Look at this!!

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01-05-2011, 09:21 PM

Ditter43

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During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness,

the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane,

a bear smelled it.

This is what the bear did to the plane.

The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him

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2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic

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He was able to patch the plane together...and fly it home!

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Duct tape...never leave home without it!!

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01-05-2011, 09:23 PM

Quiltforme

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Oh man duct tape is a life saver litterally here!!

01-05-2011, 09:24 PM

Magdalena

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WOW!

01-05-2011, 09:25 PM

cjomomma

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That's just crazy!! Not the bear but the man flying it home.

01-05-2011, 09:45 PM

sewwhat85

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lol gotta love that duct tape

01-05-2011, 09:49 PM

lab fairy

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Duct tape is great stuff. Never leave home without it.

01-05-2011, 10:15 PM

sew cornie

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Alaskans are very resourceful (spoken by a former Alaskan). I bet the pilot and fisherman are just glad they'd already vacated the plane before the bear arrived. :lol: :lol:

01-05-2011, 10:17 PM

Willa

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So versatile! Make a prom dress/tuxes to fixing your airplane. Here we thought McGuyver made it up.

01-06-2011, 06:36 AM

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Amazing!

01-06-2011, 06:48 AM

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amandasgramma

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Yeah, bears can be darn nasty! We had a bear attack our garbage can last summer....it wasn't a pretty site!!!! From now in, in the summer, I'm freezing leftovers that would normally go in the can until we haul to the dump. We had a neighbor have to shoot a bear that was trying to get in his house! Smart pilot that thought of the duct tape!! :thumbup: