"You have to ask yourself, 'How does a stealth airplane work?' " said David A. Buchholz, chairman of the physics department at Northwestern University.
He seemed unperturbed almost from start to finish, and dozed off at one point during the testimony, much of which was rather technical, since rarely has a court gone more thoroughly into the intricacies of what makes an airplane work, and what might make one cease to.
I had given my friend a lot of advice before she headed down on her trip about travel, what to watch out for, how flying on an airplane worked, and sights she needed to see however I will even admit I never thought up this scenario.
"What makes airplanes work is weight.
"You just have to have the intelligence to understand how airplanes work.
As clocks hit midnight, Champagne and skyrockets were the only explosions of interest, since telephones, ATMs, cars, computers and airplanes worked just fine.
A related problem is that the circuit breakers in common use on airplanes work much like those in houses: they stop the flow of electricity only if there is a short-circuit long enough to heat up the wiring.
"Learning about what makes airplanes work has always been a joy," he writes, "and my four years as a maintenance officer in the U.S. Air Force are still fondly remembered".
The baggage handlers and their supervisors, who had unrestricted access to the tarmac and airplanes, worked together to unload the drug shipments, which were marked for the purpose, prosecutors said.
