A comic about a plane crash

[samurainoir]

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/plane

and yes, I've put it in the Science Fiction section for a reason.

[Makernaut]

This is so well done. A story I had no clue about and I immediately went scrambling to find out a little more. I read this not too many weeks ago when I found out it was nominated for an Eisner Award. Certainly deserves the nomination!

(edited to add...when I saw your thread title, I had a pretty good hunch as to what you had posted. Thanks for posting this!)

[YoungOnce]

Very cool. Thanks for linking this.

[MEMEGO]

Loved it

[HardyGirl]

Yeah, I've seen this before. It's very good.

[Hector]

Very bittersweet...thanks for sharing...

[sprytel]

A small detail bothered me about this: If he was the co-pilot, shouldn't he have been in the cockpit helping man the controls?

However, I found this on Snopes:

Although The Oatmeal described Roddenberry as the "co-pilot" of the flight, other sources identified Roddenberry as the "third officer without flight responsibilities" or "a deadheading" pilot.

Frankly, this makes way more sense. I assume it was simplified a bit for the comic, but the larger point still applies.

[comicmike]

I feel so moved. *Thank you* for posting this.

[hawkmike]

thank you for posting the link,a nice tribute