[Fruit Pie Jones]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Mar 1 2006, 12:39 PM
Hmmm. A paper aeroplane and a flying squirrel?

In the incident to which you refer, it was conclusively determined, through use of gun-camera footage and eyewitness testimony, that the paper airplane stalled and crashed without ever having been engaged by the squirrel. Thus, the squirrel was not awarded a kill. The probable cause of the crash was listed as "Lt. Henson throws like a girl," a claim Henson vehemently denied until his death in 1982.

The plane was a total loss, as the incident report shows:

[The plane] impacted roughly in the center of a puddle of water about eight feet in diameter, where it sat half-submerged.* The puddle looked to be two or three inches deep at the site of the crash and was extremely muddy.* As every man in the squadron was in his dress uniform for the upcoming inspection, no immediate salvage attempt was made.* Following the inspection, Pfc. Lewis attempted to recover the craft using a stick but only succeeded in inflicting further damage upon it.

Two days later, the Officer of the Day noted this in his log:

Recovered one paper airplane from puddle near officers' mess.* Aircraft not serviceable.* Scrapped.

In other words, you're still wrong. :bleh: