To: Paladin2
Landing vs. “being on the ground” doesn’t enter into the terms of success? It is my understanding that Landing is the hardest, and most important part of flying. It should have been a clue to the people who were asked to train the 9/11 pilots, when they gave no interest in learning how to land.
Quotes from pilots I have heard: - "Any flight you can walk away from is a successful one."
- "Well, we've cheated death again."
7 posted on
09/06/2011 10:35:45 AM PDT by
tpmintx
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To: tpmintx
A good landing is one you can walk away from.
A great landing is one in which you can use the airplane again!
14 posted on
09/06/2011 10:46:48 AM PDT by
Redleg Duke
("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
To: tpmintx
It always makes me nervous when the stews now suggest that "we will be on the ground soon" rather than "We'll be landing soon" near the conclusion of a commercial flight.
The lawyers must be involved in massaging the implied promise over the years.
18 posted on
09/06/2011 10:57:29 AM PDT by
Paladin2
To: tpmintx
Any landing you walk away from is a good one.
Any landing after which the plane is still usable is a GREAT one! ;-P
32 posted on
09/06/2011 11:57:06 AM PDT by
MortMan
(What disease did cured ham used to have?)
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