My dad sent this to me in an email, so I’m not sure if it’s actually a true account or not, but it is entertaining…
During a private “fly-in” fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. And a bear smelled it. This is what he did to the plane:
The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. He patched the plane together, and FLEW IT HOME !
I love duct tape! It is the greatest stuff out there.
You just started showing up in my reader again. I have missed reading your blog.
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That’s amazing!
That bear was a jerk.
i have flown a few times on planes i thought were held together by duct tape. craziness.
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There is nothing better than a good duct tape story.
Wow, I can’t believe a bear did that much damage! And of course duct tape rocks! Cool story!
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And it gets rid of warts! Amazing stuff.
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Gee, I want to go fishing where a bear takes a plane apart! LOL
Duct tape is good for anything! It is like the 8th wonder of the world.
woohoo Stacy’s on my sidebar again!
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I have a deep love of duct tape and all its many uses… but this one ranks at the top!!
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Duct tape does have many uses! Funny post!
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OMG! Seriously? I think I’d be afraid to fly in a teeny little plane like that anyway – but one that’s duct-taped together? I’d be tempted to stay in Alaska. (Far away from that bear!)
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Holy cow!
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OMG that is amazing! Did it actually fly?
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That is amazing! My boys will love it!
and that was one crazyazz bear!
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That is the coolest thing ever!!
wow, thats a McGyver moment if ever I saw one;)
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I highly doubt this is true, but it’d be funny if you could verify it!
Justine 😮 )
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Love the creative use for duct tape! This just goes to show how rugged Alaskans really are, this guy was confident enough in his duct tape plane to fly home. WOW!
Have a great weekend. Stopped in from SITS to say hello :0)
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GREAT photo Stacy…if that’s true it’s brilliant 😀 Reminds me of the film Sister Act 2 when the noun pulls out the roll of duct tape to repair a tear in the gown…she said the same…never leave home without a roll of duct tape! lol
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OMG I can’t believe he flew that thing home. I mean it looks cool, but I’d be terrified to fly home in a plane that was duct taped together!
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Being from Alaska, born and raised, I can tell you this story might not be real, but it’s TOTALLY possible and TOTALLY something an Alaskan would do. Sweet. Love it. Makes me miss home, and copious needs for duct tape…
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Oh I believe it. Duct tape can fix anything!
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Wow ..amazing..!! hey didnt you go back to blogger..are you still having trouble with blog..? Thanks for visiting..!
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I wonder if you could just build a plane with duct tape around a frame? sounds like a job for mythbusters! 🙂
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I can’t believe that bear did SO much damage!!! That’s nuts!
Seriously, this is true??
Awesome…
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Hilarious! My husband would love that – he uses duct tape for EVERYTHING!
Is there anything that duct tape cannot do?
Duct tape is marvelous stuff. You should have some in your emergency kit. You can use it to waterproof shoes!
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wow, that was some hungry bear.. and it looks great fixed up.
Thanks for the laugh
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It is a true story:
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/news/3370-an-appetite-for-revenge
I am not going to be original this time, so all I am going to say that your blog rocks, sad that I don’t have suck a writing skills
This is my first visit here, but I will be back soon, because I really like the way you are writing, it is so simple and honest