I was jumpmaster and was taking a few novices up for a drop. The flight was pretty rough, and I called off the jump because of high winds. As the pilot pulled off an unusually smooth landing, two of the neophytes got airsick. “How come you could take that rough flight but you couldn't handle the smooth landing?” I asked. “Well, sir,” one trainee explained, “we've always jumped out of planes. We've never actually landed before.”
我是跳傘長,正帶幾個新手上去跳傘。飛機顛簸得很厲害,我看風太大就取消了跳傘。飛行員做了一個非常平穩(wěn)的著陸,但是有兩個新手吐了。我問他們:“你們?yōu)槭裁搭嶔さ煤軈柡Φ臅r候不吐,而平穩(wěn)著陸的時候反而吐了?”其中一個回答說:“長官,我們以前每一次都是跳到飛機外面,從來沒有著陸過?!?