Flight attendant reportedly found naked during flight from SFO
A flight attendant for British Airways on an outbound flight from San Francisco International Airport was arrested after he was found naked in the business-class bathroom, the Sun first reported.
On Sunday, Flight BA284 took off from SFO around 5 p.m., according to Flight Aware. According to the Sun, one of the crew members, a 41-year-old man, was not present during meal service, prompting the rest of the crew to look for him.
The in-flight crew found the man dancing naked in the business-class bathroom, the Sun reported. Crew members dressed him in pajamas and restrained him in a first-class seat for the rest of the flight.
British Airways said the incident was “a matter for the police” and did not provide further comment.
Unlikely suspect caught red-handed over failed rocket launch in Bowen, Qld
An unlikely suspect has emerged during the investigation into the technical issue that caused the first Australian-made rocket launch to be delayed.
An unlikely suspect has been caught red-handed during an investigation to find out what caused an electrical issue that delayed the first Australian-made rocket launch in Queensland.
Gilmour Space Technologies was due to launch its 23m Eris rocket on May 15 from a cattle paddock in Bowen, but it was aborted after an issue in the ground support system was identified.
It was set to launch again the following day, but an electrical issue triggered the system to open the rocket’s nose cone.
Gilmour Space posted a photo of a suspect cockatoo chewing electrical wires at its launch pad in Bowen.
“Not saying this is the root cause of our electrical issues … but we’re not ruling him out,” a spokesman said in the post.
The post has been flooded with comments from people saying, “Lucky he didn’t launch, could have turned into a flamin’ galah.”
“Only an Sulphur crested could stop a rocket from launching,” another person said.
“So computers have bugs and rockets have cockatoos,” a person commented.
Cockatoos are a known cabling issue. In a lot of Australian projects, you’ll find contract clauses dedicated to how the outdoor cables are to be protected. Burried, run inside metal pipes (conduit), and armour (really) are some of the more common options.
It’s probably not a good sign that my first glance of this sentence registered as “Can Sulphur-crested cockatoos be kept as pests?” here, and gosh, the novel ideas that could sprout from my misread…
My grandparents had a sulphur-crested cockatoo as a pet. He could be downright poetical, in his way.
Interesting about yellow-crested cockatoos. I didn’t know about them. Sulphur-crested are not rare here at all. I’ve got a few squawking outside my window right now.
A little while ago I wrote a tribute to Betty Lou Gerson. Now I going to continue to spotlight voice actors of note by writing a little bit about Howard McNear.
Howard McNear was all over radio. A very versatile actor. Often times his name will be in the credits and you didn’t even realize you were listening to him. He was able to disappear into his parts, is what I mean.
The earliest program I have heard him in is Jerry of the Circus from the late 1930s. This is a 15-minute daily show aimed at children. It’s about an orphan who finds a temporary home living among the unusual people who make-up a circus. Unlike a lot of children’s entertainment, this show is not annoying. The drama has a certain down-to-earth honesty about it. In this show McNear plays a clown named “Bumps.” Bumps becomes a bit of a father-figure for Jerry. McNear plays the part as a person who has seen a lot in his life. He is a clown, but he’s never foolish. The voice he uses here could best be described as blunt, and sounding like Christopher Lloyd.
That is he on the left. He was also the original “Doc” on the radio version of Gunsmoke.
As a matter of record, it should be stated that The radio series > The half-hour black and white TV series > The hour-long color TV series. Yes, the hour-long color Gunsmoke is the worst Gunsmoke. But I digress.
Towards the late 1940s he developed a voice that quickly became very popular. This is a voice with which I’m sure you will all be familiar. If the name Howard McNear sounds familiar it is probably because you know him for using this voice and personality in the role of Floyd the barber on the Andy Griffith Show.
But you are probably not be aware that he created this voice for the sole purpose of playing psychos. He quickly became a fixture on mystery and thriller radio programs. As soon as you heard him using this mild-mannered, self-effacing voice, you knew he was the reclusive killer living in a large house with a room set aside for doling out vengeance against people who had wronged him.
