Prelude to a Super Airplane (Chapter 11)

(The following is an excerpt from my book, Prelude to a Super Airplane. It can be purchased by clicking on any of the roughly 400 banners adorning this site, or by clicking here. It’s also available on Amazon.

I’ve posted the first 20 chapters (roughly 55 pages of PTSA) on this site. Links to each of those are at the end of this post, or you can download all of them as a pdf by clicking here.

I’m as excited about the election as anyone.

I wouldn’t paint myself as a political junkie – to be honest, I’ve never even voted. But look – how could you not be into all this “flying cars vs. airplanes” stuff?

The country hasn’t been this divided since The Civil War, and that was like, a long time ago or whatever.

Plus, for the first time in I don’t know how many years, we’ve got two over-60 white males running for President of These United States of America. This is historic stuff, and I’m not going to exclude myself due to apathy and ignorance again. Not this time.

Now, whom exactly will I vote for? At this point, I’m sure you know it’s going to be whichever candidate is more pro-airplane.

While the current Democratic President has done a phenomenal job in all arenas – the economy is back, foreign relations are wide-open, racism is all but extinct, he’s cured sickness – there’s one thing about him that I can’t really vibe with, and that’s his stance on airplane ride safety.

I swear to you, this has nothing to with my brother’s position with ARMTA. Remember, we haven’t even spoken in over a decade and a half, furthermore.

It’s just that with the number of airplane rides I take, airplane ride safety is of the utmost importance. Even if I’m not a rider on a given airplane ride, I might be thinking about it, and the last thing I want to do is think about a fiery, crashy, airplaney, airplane ride crash.

There’s nothing sadder than a broken airplane wing, and if there’s a bunch of dead airplane riders all over it and/or around it, it’s even worse.

Here’s a quote our current President gave last week, referencing his proposed 46% cutback of ARMTA funding:

“We haven’t had a major airplane ride crash in the seven years I’ve been in office. Frankly, I think airplane ride crashes are extinct, and with the potential to see flying cars within the next two to four years, we may be approaching the day when people don’t take airplane rides at all.”

You can see my fears in every single word of that statement, except for “airplane ride”, provided its taken on its own and out of context. I need not remind you – the liberal hippie running for President on the left shares his view.

Summing up, in conclusion, not only is the Democratic Nominee ready to make airplane rides more dangerous, he’s also ready to usher in a world without any airplane rides at all.

I think you know where I’m leaning, and that’s with a no-nonsense, pro-airplane President. Namely, Republican Nominee Peter Ovaire. Oh, and he’s also a big-time war hero, and nobody even knows why. That’s how much he’s respected!

In conclusion again, Peter Ovaire’s my man, and he’s got my first-ever vote.

Brad Radby’s Foreward, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 15, Chapter 16, Chapter 17, Chapter 18, Chapter 19, Chapter 20, Chapter 31