Re: Buy that pilot a drink


"the OTHER Mike" <BleuRaeder@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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:> news:gkqnpq$1vc$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Colonel Jake wrote:
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:> : > "Charlie Groh" <chasg...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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:> : > : On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:15:55 -0800, "Colonel Jake"
:> : > : <SergeantY...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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:> : > : >MelodiousThunk <thunk.melodi...@xxxxxxxxx>
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:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : Jeffrey "Jazzycat" Noble
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:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > Sis <siste...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > : the OTHER Mike <BleuRae...@xxxxxxx>
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > : > Or several drinks
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > :
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > : Probably those damn terrorist Canadian
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > : Geese!
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > :
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > They say he's a former F4 pilot. That
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > means military training. Enough said.
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : > God bless him!
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > :
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : There's just so many reasons for that to
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : have been a tragedy. The guy should get a
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > : medal!
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > :
:> : > : >: > : > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > A medal at the very least. One eyewitness
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > report said that it looked like a controlled
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > landing as though the plane was supposed to
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > land on the water. I didn't know that Airbus
:> : > : >: > : > : > : > made seaplanes.
:> : > : >: > : > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > : > :
:> : > : >: > : > : > : Can you imagine being in NYC and seeing a
plane
:> : > : >: > : > : > : coming down. Oh man.
:> : > : >: > : > : > :
:> : > : >: > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > : > ...help! I'm not seeing a link!? At least the
:> : > : >: > : > : > subject matter?
:> : > : >: > : > : >
:> : > : >: > : > :

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jV9WYV6yQ3vPpmH9qhG6db-zhzqQD95NU7PG0

<or: (http://tinyurl.com/7mmvqs)>

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:> : > : >: > : > : Here Charlie,
:> : > : >: > : > :
:> : > : >: > : > : I know if it were you, you would have done the
:> : > : >: > : > : same. ;-)
:> : > : >: > : > :
:> : > : >: > : >
:> : > : >: > : > ...WOOOHOOOO! THAT'LL get that ol' pucker factor
:> : > : >: > : > happ'nin'! To quote Joe Wambaugh, "...you could ***
:> : > : >: > : > through a screen door without hitting the wire!"
:> : > : >: > : >
:> : > : >: > : > What a great event!
:> : > : >: > : >
:> : > : >: > :
:> : > : >: > : Long swim in 40 F. water (& 20 F. air):
:> : > : >: > :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregorylam/3200086900/sizes/l/

<or: (http://tinyurl.com/75fx49)>

:> : > : >: > :
:> : > : >: >
:> : > : >: > ...uh, yeah...they all got out alive...that's pretty
:> : > : >: > bonus, Bill! Sorry, I *still* remain excited for all
:> : > : >: > involved, especially the pilot, cold water or not.
:> : > : >: >
:> : > : >:
:> : > : >: Bogus, you mean? The crew, the passengers, & the "locals"
:> : > : >: w/the ferrys and tugboats all did a hella job to get outta
:> : > : >: that sucka & save those 155 folks. I read that the plane
:> : > : >: sank in 30 minutes!
:> : > : >:
:> : > : >: So the pilot has 40 yrs experience. Do we *really* want
:> : > : >: 60-plus-year-olds flying us around? Yes We Do! Hooray for
:> : > : >: Old Folk!
:> : > : >:
:> : > : >: BTW anyone else notice the number of incidents in the last
:> : > : >: couple years involving AirBus?
:> : > : >:
:> : > : >
:> : > : >When I was working for Boeing?,
:> : > : >"We had a meeting in the early 90's about AirBus, and how
:> : > : >they took an Boeing 767 and replicated it piece-by-piece
:> : > : >(all except the Interior Panels and seats what have you),
:> : > : >and came up with an AirBus A-320, then they had it
:> : > : >Patented so they can call it theirs (so much for our German,
:> : > : >French and Spain allies),...., the problem with the A-320
:> : > : >is?!?!?!,...., its almost weighs twice as much as the Boeing
:> : > : >767, reason being is because AirBus was using Plywood and
:> : > : >Pressboard for their interior,...., and it was proven once
:> : > : >when the plane lost power, it dropped like a rock!!!..."
:> : > : >
:> : > : >"Just think if this incident?,
:> : > : >"Was from an 30,000 foot altitude?!?!?! (loss of engine
:> : > : >power),...., instead of a couple 100 feet altitude?!?!?!..."
:> : > : >(that it was immediately after take-off)
:> : > : >
:> : > : >*it wouldve been an real Lobster fest, chunk-chunk-human*
:> : > :
:> : > :
:> : > : ...hahahaha...hey, maybe so, Joe...but you gotta plug in one
salient
:> : > : fact: �Your meeting was in the early '90's...15+ years ago?
�I'm
:> : > sure
:> : > : some of those airplanes are still flying, but also sure that
there
:> : > are
:> : > : quite a few 2nd and 3rd generation models out there, too.
�Are
your
:> : > : statistics valid for the newer models? �AFA glide
characteristics,
:> : > : that pilot knew his *** and that's what saved 'em
all...'cause
the
:> : > : lower, and *slower*, �you are, the less chance you have of
gliding
:> : > for
:> : > : any kind distance, much less maneuvering. That goes for
anything
:> : > with
:> : > : wings.
:> : > :
:> : >
:> : > "Well my guess?,
:> : > "Since I am an member of the AMA (Acadamy of Model
Aeronautics),
:> : > and have $1,000,000.00 worth of 'Flying my Radio Controlled
:> : > Model Aeroplane through your Livingroom Window Insurance?!?!?!
:> : > (or even scalping somebody (if needs be)),'...., I would say
:> : > that just because the A-320 (the older version), was in an
:> : > take-off sequence and that the nose of the aircraft was in an
:> : > upward position (gaining altitude), and that when the plane
lost
:> : > power (at about 2 to 300 feet of altitude), it maintained its
:> : > position as it was falling like an rock and skidded across the
:> : > Hudson like skipping an stone!!!,...., therefore, I dont
believe
:> : > that the A-320 was gliding at all, but do believe it desended
:> : > maintaining its take-off position when it crash landed and
:> : > belly-flopped somewhat across the river,...., thus for the
sakes
:> : > of the passengers and the pilots?!?!?!,...., the way the plane
:> : > fell (not glided), saved their very own lives!!!..."
:> : >
:> : > Also?,
:> : > "You just got to give some credit to the baggage crew at the
:> : > Airport?!?!?!,...., for NOT loading the plane, alittle nose
:> : > heavy!!!..."
:> : >
:> : > *Pilot didnt do a DAMNED thing, Power out = No control
(nothing)*
:> : >
:> : >
:> : Oh oh oh. �This guy was a glider pilot also and I'll try to dig
up
what
:> : I was reading about him last night if I can remember where I was
reading
:> : it. �;-) �I'm going to have to disagree with you that the
pilot
didn't
:> : do a damned thing.
:> :
:>
:> OK Jackie?,
:> "I know you're probably never took any,
:> Calculus 'Relativity' Classes, but?!?!?!,...., 1. the aeroplane
:> was travelling less than 300mph air-speed with engine thrust at
:> zero, 2. they were only 200 to 300 feet in altitude, 3. the
:> aeroplane weighs approximately 162,000 LBS. without cargo,
:> luggage, fuel or passengers.,...., now that we have that kind of
:> straightened-out?!?!?!,...., the plane wasnt actually going fast
:> enough to even attempt anykind of directional aerodynamics, if
:> the pilot tried to turn the plane any direction at that speed
:> and with no engine thrust at all, even if it was just a simple
:> rudder-turn, the plane would have went into an tilt and landed
:> on its side and possibly its nose (not its belly), and everyone
:> would have been 'Lobster Bait (chunk-chunk-human),' ...., the
:> only maneuverability at that non-engine-thrust-speed, that the
:> pilot could 'possibly' do that wouldnt jeopardize the tilt of
:> the aircaft, was to just try and keep the nose of the aeroplane
:> in an upward position, as it was falling down to the river,....,
:> all this bull about what you're hearing on the news is just
:> that, 'eyewitnesses trying to look good for the cameras!!!.' .."
:> (they? (eyewitnesses), dont know ***!)
:>
:> Mathematics?,
:> "Is just like an foreign language!!!,...., if you can
:> speak it?!?!?!,...., than its pretty much,
:> 'easy to understand!!!.' .."
:> (how's that, for Algebra)
:
: I can only count to 4, 48 times.
:
: 1,2,3,4-2,2,3,4-3,2,3,4 - 4,2,3,4 etc.
:

Fair enough?,
"Let me help you?!?!?! (just for once)..."

49,2,3,4


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