What a note from a time capsule found on a plane said

[Nevilledog]

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A Delta pilot parked a plane in the desert at the height of the pandemic and left a note in the cockpit . Another pilot found it 435 days later.
"If you are here to pick it up then the light must be at the end of the tunnel."
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https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/note-found-delta-plane-time-capsule-start-pandemic/story

Washington -- As the world rapidly shut down last March and thousands of airplanes went out of service and into long-term storage in the desert, a Delta Air Lines pilot tucked a handwritten note inside a tray table only to be found by a pilot who would someday bring that plane back into service.

First officer Chris Dennis wrote "It’s March 23rd and we just arrived from MSP [Minneapolis - St. Paul International Airport]. Very chilling to see so much of our fleet in the desert," according to Delta.

As the fallout from the pandemic paralyzed air travel, dozens of planes had been arriving each day in Victorville Airport, an airport with no commercial service about two hours outside of Los Angeles primarily used to store airplanes for long periods of time.

A note saying: "If you are here to pick up then light must be at the end of the tunnel" wa...
First Officer Dennis had heard talks of a two-week lockdown but had no idea when the world would return to normal or when that aircraft would fly again, according to the airline.

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[mn9driver]

1. This is an A320.

I fly this airplane. The note was hidden when the tray table in the captain’s position was folded up, not to be seen again until someone began a preflight.

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. I think things like that are so cool.

[BigmanPigman]

3. "Amazing how fast it changed" must always be remembered.