It Should Be Called the Evening Olds
posted by John M Crowther @ 9:18 AM
Cartoons, cartoons, cartoons.... John Crowther's Cartoon Odyssey
I think of it as The Fool's Journey. I've been asked who the "fool" is. It's me, but in the classical sense of the court jester. Only the fool was allowed to tell the king of his follies. All cartoons are available as prints or originals, framed or unframed, through my website or e-mail. For mugs, t-shirts, and other products visit my gift shop at www.zazzle.com/jcrowtherart* (be sure to include the *).
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Cartoons, cartoons, cartoons.... John Crowther's Cartoon Odyssey
I think of it as The Fool's Journey. I've been asked who the "fool" is. It's me, but in the classical sense of the court jester. Only the fool was allowed to tell the king of his follies. All cartoons are available as prints or originals, framed or unframed, through my website or e-mail. For mugs, t-shirts, and other products visit my gift shop at www.zazzle.com/jcrowtherart* (be sure to include the *).
About Me
- Name: John M Crowther
- Location: Los Angeles and Rome
Artist, writer, filmmaker, actor. Wrote "The Evil That Men Do" starring Charles Bronson. "Missing in Action" starring Chuck Norris. Performed one-man play "Einstein" off-Broadway and in Europe. Tours US with "Meet Mr. Wright," his one-man play about Frank Lloyd Wright. Art exhibitions in Italy and U.S. His work as a cartoonist has been seen in MAD magazine. Illustrated the children's books "How the Waif Bunny Saved the Boy" and "The Man In the Red Bandana" about his nephew Welles Crowther, a hero of 9/11, written by his niece, Honor Crowther Fagin, Welles's sister. Author of novel "Firebase," published in UK by Constable and US by St. Martins Press. For many years an avid student and reader of Tarot. Performs weddings as a Los Angeles County Deputy Commissioner of Civil Marriage.
Previous Posts
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- Man's Best Fiend
- There Oughta Be a Law
- Face to Face
- In One End
- The Deep End
- Face the Music
7 Comments:
You got me wondering how they would number parallel runways. I found the answer here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runway
Regarding the cartoon, I've always found it odd that news promos tease with a question. "Does Obama have three noses? Find out at 11." If it's true, just say so. If not, it isn't news.
I can save everyone the trouble of following the link. They're designated L for left, R for right, as in runways 24L and 24R at Los Angeles International (LAX). In the opposite direction they're 6R and 6L respectively. In rare cases there's a C for center, but I no of nowhere with 4 parallel runways.
I recall once years ago a newscaster named Christine Lund in a "tease" for the 11 O'Clock ABC-TV News breathlessly reporting, "Note found in the pocket of Jim Jones" (the cult leader who led his flock to follow him in committing suicide by drinking Kool-Ade), "details at 11." At 11 o'clock she reported that the note was nothing but a grocery list.
That's "know" of nowhere. I'm still literate, honest.
"At large airports with more than three parallel runways (for example, at Los Angeles, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, Denver, and Dallas-Fort Worth), some runway identifiers are shifted by 10 degrees to avoid the ambiguity that would result with more than three parallel runways. For example, in Los Angeles, this system results in Runways 6L, 6R, 7L, and 7R, even though all four runways are exactly parallel (approximately 69 degrees). At Dallas-Fort Worth, there are five parallel runways, named 17L, 17C, 17R, 18L, and 18R, all oriented at a heading of 175.4 degrees."
At Los Angeles the runways are designated 24L-6R, 24R-6L, 25L-7R, and 25R-7L, thus a pilot knows the heading on a straight-in approach. The only curious thing is that this heading is relative to magnetic not true north. As magnetic north, which is what the compass points to, is constantly drifting, eventually all runways will have to be renumbered. (The farther north the greater the change in deviation.)
Andrew, relative to your post, I should have said that the pilot knows the approximate heading to the runway.
Well you live and learn. Didn't know any of that but now that I do I'll be watching out that the pilot makes it onto the Right one... no... the Left one. Oh heck that's right (no no left)... we only have one runway!
John... honestly... I didn't know that. And you're right we should not trust the news... (about anything)
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