Welcome to the thoughts and photos of FLYDDW. Texas, New Jersey, and Arizona living.

Safest way to travel?  By plane.  This video will show you why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KhZwsYtNDE

Description - Boeing 757 taking off.  Hits bird in the right engine, destroying it. Flames exit the rear of the engine.

Is this a problem?  Not really (in this example), and here is why:
- There are two engines.  Each is capable of flying the plane by itself.
- Pilot recognized problem right away
- Pilot announce MAYDAY calmly and shutdown the bad engine
- Pilot calmly climbed to safe altitude, made a complete circle around the airport, and landed back into the wind he took off in.
- Air Traffic controller shutdown ALL traffic in the immediate area
- Air Traffic told pilot to take ANY runway he wanted.
- Fire Dept waiting on the ground for plane to land.
- Pilot make a "normal" landing, with no extreme maneuvers on ground
- Safely stops plane

Now imagine that you are on the freeway doing rush hour going 75 mph and your front tire blows.  Wouldn't it be nice to have all of this help and backup equipment?