Originally Posted By: 440Magnum
Originally Posted By: AZjeff
Airplanes couldn't land in Phoenix for fear the tires would blow.
No wait, that happened.
It was so hot that airplanes couldn't take off at Phoenix because the air was too thin for the engines to develop enough thrust.
No wait, that happens pretty much every summer...
I don't think it's a matter of thrust. The density altitude is too high for the wings to develop enough lift to get off the runway. But hey, this is just humor, right?