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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 04:55 PM Original message |
More on the Hudson River ditching. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Interesting. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know if 95% of pilots could have done it as successfully - hope I don't find out |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-07-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
37. BS |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
3. A friend of mine is a pilot, and he feels the same way. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. I flew 707, 727, and 747. I like 'em. But the L-1011 was my favorite. |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. As a passenger, it was my favorite plane. I used to have to fly from Dayton to LA |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Ever fly first class? |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Not unanimous for sure, but fairly common. I have no qualms about flying in an Airbus |
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deadmessengers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Good writeup, except for one thing... |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It seems to me from this OP that the problem is not fly-by-wire per se |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. There's fly by wire and there's the computer - separate things. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. True. My last a/c was the 747-200 cargo. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. I remember seeing that clip some time ago. |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. A Boeing 707 was once barrel-rolled at Seafair in Seattle |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. A friend of mine rolled a TWA 727. With passengers onboard. |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I was a GIB in a 27 coming out of SFO one day that did a 120 deg roll. |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. lol. He was piloting while holding a Martini? No wander he rolled his plane ;-) |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 11:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Found the story at wiki: |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-07-09 07:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. That would be enough |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-07-09 08:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. There are Roll Deniers |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. youtube |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
12. Let me see if I've got this right: Sullenberger excells at his job, isn't looking for publicity ... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. No one is bashing him. He did a helluva job. |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Heh...well I don't know Sully but I know hundreds of pilots and 90+% of them are conservatives. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hey trof, could an Airbus be steered into tall buildings like a Boeing can? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Never having flown an Airbus...I'd say absolutely it could. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Well, I sat in the 3rd seat of an A320 in flight ... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. Might depend on autopilot. |
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ferrous wheel (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. That claim is completely absurd. Your acquaintences must be getting their |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 06:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. As someone who has been in the software industry... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-05-09 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. I remember hearing about the crash in France on some Discovery channel program. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Boeing yoke will override computer/autopilot. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
27. wow... i knew computers had a lot of involvement |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. I am skeptical about validity of this mail. Most of the accidents are due to 'human factor'. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Serge, there are so many errors in your post it's hard to know where to start. |
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SergeyDovlatov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 07:28 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Please, enlighten me. I am here to learn. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-06-09 07:58 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Later, man. Leaving now. PM me if you want. |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-07-09 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
36. Emlightening & frightening, particularly since a flight crew fell asleep in the cockpit a while ago |
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