During WWII, a 4 engined British bomber took off for a brief test flight. Just after taking off, all four engines stopped! The plane was over the edge of a valley with a river at the bottom, so the pilot pushed the wheel forward and glided down the slope. When he reached the river, he pulled back on the wheel and gently mushed the big plane in on the upslope.
As he got out of the plane, he realized that his home was just over the top of the hill, so he walked up the hill and into his house where his wife was.
She was very surprised to see him, and asked him if he would care for a spot of tea, which he, of course, immediately accepted.
A neighbor knocked on the door and spoke to her for a moment, and she immediately rushed back to him and said, “There’s a bloody big airplane crashed on the far side of the hill” to which he calmly replied, ”I know, Pet, I’m the pilot.”
Stiff upper lip!!
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