Test Flights Shift to Sector 5
North Pole Flight Command is directing the next phase of test flights of Santa’s Sleigh to Sector 5.
Elf Buck Sanchez, flight director at the North Pole, said the nature of the test flights have changed due to recent changes in Santa’s flight plan specifically for Sector 5. With Santa’s workshop in crisis and behind schedule, many feel Santa may have to take a different approach to delivery in Sector 5 or may have to come later than planned.
The test flights over the next week will be testing possible flight scenarios for Christmas Eve over Sector 5 that Santa may encounter.
We cannot disclose what those possible flight scenarios are but we are assured the sleigh is up to whatever the test requires.
We will keep you posted.
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