(Veeduber) wrote in message ...

Vern was a pro; he obviously said
‘fifteen' and I heard it as fifty.

And you were in such awe of the man (and that alone is a statement in
itself!) that you never considered whether it was even reasonable to
expect non-carrier-qualified landing gear to survive a four-foot drop.
He said fifty, it must be fifty.

A great lesson in epistimology - what we know, what we think we know,
and how we know it. Questioning - and not questioning - assumptions.
Great story - thanks!

Corrie