{"id":190894,"date":"2009-10-17T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T11:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/10\/17\/signs-of-the-apocalypse-eads-edition\/"},"modified":"2009-10-17T06:25:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T11:25:00","slug":"signs-of-the-apocalypse-eads-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2009\/10\/17\/signs-of-the-apocalypse-eads-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of the Apocalypse: EADS Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Peter Venkman<\/span>: This aircraft is headed for a disaster of biblical proportions.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mayor<\/span>: What do you mean, “biblical”?<\/span>
Dr Ray Stantz<\/span>: What he means is Old Testament, Mr. Mayor, real wrath of God type stuff.<\/span>
Dr. Peter Venkman<\/span>: Exactly.<\/span>
Dr Ray Stantz<\/span>: Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!<\/span>
Dr. Egon Spengler<\/span>: Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes…<\/span>
Winston Zeddemore<\/span>: The dead rising from the grave!<\/span>
Dr. Peter Venkman<\/span>: Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together… mass hysteria! <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

So there you have it, actual photographic evidence of the EADS A400M military transport with actual flight worthy engines on the wing<\/a>, and they are now claiming that we should expect a first flight in December.<\/p>\n

Personally, I expect that when the aircraft hits the runway for its first flight, we will see rains of frogs, burning pitch, daffodils, and Amway salesmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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