The Flying Boat

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Sometimes a goofy title will pop into my head and I’ll attempt to write something using the title. Today that title is, “The Flying Boat.” Actually that not too funny. Airplanes at one time were referred to as a flying ship. But that’s not what I was thinking about. Just imagine a regular boat going so fast it leaves the water and starts flying. No wings or anything special to make it fly. I would think that would be quite startling to the occupants of the boat. Here they would be flying through the air without any idea how or where they are going to land. Will they have a soft landing back on the water or will they crash into a hillside? Will the boat turn when the steering wheel is turned or will the boat keep going straight? “Oh,” you will say, “but it is a magic boat. It would be just like going on a magic carpet ride. It will do anything the driver wants it to.” But you are misinformed. There is nothing magical about the boat. It just simply went too fast and flew out of the water. And for some reason it continued to gain altitude. Oh, my, my. What are we to do? Or better yet, what are the occupants of the boat to do? What would you do if you were in the boat? Would you jump out and hope for a soft landing in the water? Or would you ride it out and hope all would end well? Would you wail at the driver for being such a idiot for driving it too fast? Would you have all the occupants jump up and down in hopes it would cause the boat to go downward and land back in the water? Would you chew the owner out for not having parachutes in the boat? Just what would you do if you were flying through the air with the greatest of ease in a boat knowing that it is not going to end well?