An airline pilot with poor eyesight managed to pass his periodic vision exams by memorizing the eye charts beforehand One year though his doctor used a new chart that the pilot had never before seen The pilot proceeded to recite the old chart and the doctor realized that he`d been suckered all these years Then the doctor could not contain his curiosity How is it that someone with your eyesight can manage to pilot a plane at all? I mean how for example do you taxi the plane out to the runway? Well said the pilot it`s really not very hard All you have to do is follow the instructions of the ground controller over the radio And besides the landmarks have all become quite familiar to me over the years I can understand that replied the doctor But what about the take- off? Again a simple procedure I just aim the plane down the runway go to full throttle pull back on the stick and off we go But once you`re aloft? Oh everything`s fully automated these days The flight computer knows our destination and all I have to do is hit the auto-pilot and the plane pretty much flies itself But I still don`t see how you land Oh that`s the easiest part of all All I do is use the airport`s radio beacon to get us on the proper glide path Then I just throttle down and wait for the co-pilot to yell `AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE ` then I will pull the nose up and the plane lands just fine

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