Posted on 05/21/2008 1:02:26 PM PDT by cdbull23
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Two New Zealand pilots whose plane ran out of fuel landed on a wing and a prayer, literally, local media reported on Wednesday.
Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson from Blenheim, at the top of the South Island about 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Wellington, were in a microlight plane when the engine cut out.
"When you're in a microlight if you crash, you usually die. I turned to O B (Wilson) and he said we had no fuel," Stubbs told the Marlborough Express newspaper.
"I asked what we should do. He said: 'You just pray Grant.'"
Stubbs said he prayed to God to get them over a ridge and they finally landed in a small grassy area, and beside a 20 foot high sign saying "Jesus is Lord -- The Bible."
LOL, I love it when the Lord does stuff like this.
Bump
If they had another few drops the sign would have read Burma Shave!!
Circa 1943
Lyric by Harold Adamson, Music by Jimmy McHugh
Comin In On A WING and a PRAYER
One of our planes was miss-ing, two ho-ours o-ver due.
One of our planes was miss-ing, with all its gal-lant crew.
The ra-di-o sets were hum-ming, they wait-ed for a word;
Then a voice broke thru the hum-ming and this is what they heard:
Chorus
"Com-in' In On A Wing And A Pray'r_______
Com-in' In On A Wing And A Pray'r_______
Tho' there's one mo-tor gone, we can still car-ry on,
Com-in' In On A Wing And A Pray'r_______
What a show_____ what a fight______
Yes, we real-ly hit our tar-get for to - night!
How we sing as we limp thru the air______
Look be - low, there's our field o-ver there____
With our full crew a- board and our trust in the Lord
we're Com-in' In On A Wing And A Pray'r_______
When doesn't he?
Jhn 16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give [it] you.
Whew!
Just like on take-off when we say “Lord of acceleration don’t fail me now” ....
“LOL, I love it when the Lord does stuff like this.”
I had an Hanger Buddy that flew ultra-lights with a group of friends here in Northern Colorado. They have Tundra Tires on their aircraft so they can land out on the prairie. He was landing one day at hit a frozen COW PIE! Wrecked his gear but he walked away. This incident provided endless amusement at the airport.
That is a very funny story!
(Hey, stay safe in those storms today. They’re showing some damage from a tornado north of Denver. God Bless.:))
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