Close to Home by John McPherson for March 18, 2020

Bleeb is thinking what a crude flying machine this is compared to what is available at the homeland planet.

Of course reality is that the Wright brothers plane was even cruder than this comic drawing.

There were no free peanuts though on those early flights and going to the restroom was a much tougher experience.

Any landing that you can walk away from is a good landing.

Well of course. That’s why the flight was so short. Right after she served coffee he needed a pee.

Bleeb is my wing man!

I’d rather be on the ground wishing I were in the air

instead of in the air wishing I was on the ground

Didn’t really have time for that vodka tonic.

…aaaaand his luggage went to Atlanta!

Their first flight was shorter than the length of a 747…

Yet no one caught the SNL reference.

Actually most historians should have known it. It has been an FAA regulation for centuries.

This is not a representation of any type of Wright brothers’ aircraft.

And they would’ve gone further the firs time except they were distracted by the attendant’s demand for Orville’s attention on the seat-belt and oxygen mask demo…

Movie was pretty short too.