happy landing

“It was clear from their body language they recognized us as well. They were the couple across the aisle who had seen the smoke! We chatted briefly, marveled at the efficiency of the flight crew, and wondered what the odds were of seeing each other again, eight days and 400 miles from that happy landing at Heathrow.”

“Deep inside, I knew there was something else out there like this. I just didn’t think it would be this. I would have been happy landing a TV show that shot in LA for six years.”

Thanks to all medical volunteers who exercise their know-how probably dozens of times a day in the skies overhead, bringing passengers from all over the world to a safe and happy landing.

"In songs we praise a happy landing / On yet another virgin shore / Escape the booming world / Embrace the new world / Out here the immigrant takes hold," Plant sang in an earnest salute to the spirit of exploration and expanding horizons.

In “New World,” he addresses the age-old idea of cultural imperialism with up-to-the minute relevance as he sings, “with songs of praise … a happy landing…. on yet another virgin shore / Escape the Old World… embrace the New World / Out here the immigrant takes all.”