The casualty rate in the straosphere is stratospheric - and George could feel his engine stuttering and his wings burning away.
Mamta Jain, whose husband was onboard the flight, told Channel News Asia that the plane's engine "exploded and the right wing was burning" while it was landing.
Ah, I love the smell of right wing hosts burning in the morning.
Supernatural creatures with wings, and burning bushes that speak, are unlikely to be encountered in a novel about stockbrokers, unless the stockbrokers have been taking a few mind-altering substances, but they are not out of place on Planet X.
This resulted in a truly spectacular final scene which saw hundreds of angels falling from the sky like comets, their wings dramatically burning away as they hit the ground.
But for a fancy edge, you might like to try this on the outer, cellophane-only edges of the wings: Burn small holes or jagged edges using a long match or wood burning tool.
There was Fire – birds flailed in me with burning wings – Ice – a whole ox roasting where I froze, frost fair – Fog – four months sunless, moonless, spooked by ships – Flood – I flowed into Westminster Hall where lawyers rowed in wherries, worried – Blitz – the sky was war; I filmed it.
Taking wing from Brussels without burning fuel, emitting noise or trailing pollution, the experimental plane arrived at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris, last week — although it took nearly 16 hours for the craft, the guest of honor at Paris Air Show this year, set to open Monday.
Loosely place aluminum foil over the wing tips to prevent burning.
