LOL! You have me in stitches with that one!

Winning is a cut above.

It is probably just that, a article like this, wouldn't probably attract as many trolls as some other articles on the Gawker blogs.

Also, the funny replies and gifs make my day! Keep them coming.

For now, this is the only time I have seen it.....let us hope for more! Hey, if I didn't mention it, nice find, nice write up. Keep up the great work!

Great observation! I am so lucky that the comments section is unbelievably courteous and informed. I have so many great features in the pipeline from readers and participants in our daily discussions.

Way more interesting is watching a CH-53E doing the same thing. It's a little bit different when you have those seven blades rotating. We used to stack wooden pallets then go down into the berthing areas of the ship and grab as many mattresses as possible. As the pilot settled the bird down you could hear the pallets…

Take this along to the next Apple event

We absolutely do not care about burning up nonskid. The power is cut solely to avoid power bouncing the aircraft. Not damaging the deck is only a bonus.

My moment to shine! My Dad was a technical author who wrote the volumes and volumes of technical manuals for Harriers!

When a landing gear gers ripped on one of our Chinooks we make a platform of railroad ties or pallets, then throw some soft cushion on top (smelly old barracks mattresses work), and have the flight engineer guide the pilot to land on top of it.

The only thing I haven't worked on is hot air balloons (and I live in Albuquerque, go figure) since that requires a different certification than your A&P. I have worked on various turbo props in the past. Always found it odd/interesting while working on the flightline next to 130's, UH-1's, UH-60's and V-22's that…

The guy landed the airplane on a stool...and you want to critique his rate of descent as a "misjudgement"?

More props to the engineering team who realized this was a possibility and designed the stool in advance.

I bet that pilot is resting on two stools after that landing.

Why am I thinking of Adam & the Ants?

Fixed it for you:

"Hey, guys, does anyone have some Fred Durst handy? Without it, this video might break YouTube with its awesomeness. I need to take it from an 11 to about a 6."