Voice-over, David Attenborough: “Here we see, the long suspected but carefully guarded secret of the aircraft industry, the Airliner-fuselage Eel, trapped by freelance eel-trappers as they attempt to forge their way up-stream to spawn. These Fuselage Eels are destined for a Boeing 737 production line, somewhere in the US state of Washington…”
“See? I told you they needed wings. But no, you wouldn’t listen…”
Little known fact: the “three legged stool” of nuclear deterrence briefly had fourth leg, before river subs turned out to be impractical.
“As God is my witness, I thought they could fly…”
Usually, 737s only return to spawn at night.
A study of turbulence, or, a typical log jam downstream from clear cuttings plane trees.
Voice-over, David Attenborough: “Here we see, the long suspected but carefully guarded secret of the aircraft industry, the Airliner-fuselage Eel, trapped by freelance eel-trappers as they attempt to forge their way up-stream to spawn. These Fuselage Eels are destined for a Boeing 737 production line, somewhere in the US state of Washington…”
The young 737s gathered by the river for their final rite of passage before receiving their wings.
Having matured past the larval stage, the surviving Boings crawl from the river to grow their wings and take flight.
“American Turkies In The Wild”
— Caption supplied by Airbus.
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