To: Salgak
Compelling story! Sorry to hear about your buddies injuries. Sounds like the crew did the absolute best they could given the lousy situation they were presented with.
Question, S1? I remember movies where the pilots used the term R1, R2 and R3. I think it denoted meant "rotation". R1 being the earliest, R2 being optimum and R3 the latest part of the runway one could safely take off.
Is "S1" the military version?
17 posted on
03/09/2003 4:41:02 PM PST by
Milwaukee_Guy
(Having France in NATO, is like taking an accordion deer hunting.......)
To: Milwaukee_Guy
Yeah, S-1 was "committed to flight" and S-2 was "rotate", i.e. pull back the stick and start flying. . .
Mind you, my buddy WAS banged up, he had bruises that were visible for several weeks. . . not really hurt, but was hurting for a few days (after immediate treatment by the flight surgeon and after-incident interrogation by the safety folks, the entire crew had two weeks off to recuperate. . .
25 posted on
03/09/2003 5:38:53 PM PST by
Salgak
(don't mind me: the orbital mind control lasers are making me write this. . .)
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