Posted on 01/15/2009 12:47:38 PM PST by Red Steel
Breaking now of Fox News.
Um.... No, it doesn’t. See Archimedes’ principle. It would float better if it were empty (aircraft fuel tanks are airtight).
Moose, thank you. That’s one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.
so they want gov’t money to investigate the geese’s actions?
Come on Chuckie!
MSNBC is reporting that the Captain of the plane will be at the upcoming news conference.
Great photo!
MSNBC — one flight attendant has been hospitalized due to some fracture(s).
I don’t doubt that it might’ve taken a few minutes. The rule is that all the passengers must be able to be evacuated in 90 seconds flat using only half the available exits. That’s what they test when certifying airplanes; but they use able-bodied volunteers to do it. They also do it in a situation where people can just jump down the slides. In this situation, people had to get on the inflated slides being used as rafts, and those on the overwing exits had to either get into 41-degree water (with maybe 10 minutes of useful consciousness) or stand on the wing. I don’t think there’s room for 100+ people on those wings, so it’s possible that things backed up a little inside the cabin. Five minutes seems an awful long time, though. (Probably not as long as it seemed to him, though!)
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The first B-1B [84-0052] crash after the aircraft became operational in 1986 was on 28 September 1987 at La Junta, near Pueblo Colorado. Two of those killed were instructors who were not in ejection seats and did not have time to bail out manually. A third crewman, the co-pilot, died because his ejection seat malfunctioned. Three surviving crew members bailed out successfully. The bomber from Dyess AFB was flying a low level training mission about 600 feet above the ground at a speed of 560 knots [about 645 mph] when the plane struck a 15-to-20-pound North America white pelican. The bird tore through a wing, ripping apart critical hydraulic, electrical and fuel lines. This started a fire which maded it impossible for the pilot to control the plane. The Air Force subsequently hardened the vulnerable area on the remaining B-1s. Individual B-1Bs were restricted from high-speed, low-altitude flight below 5,000 ft. above ground level until bird strike protection kits were installed, with all modifications completed by December 1988. The modifications are designed to withstand the impact of a 10-lb. bird at 590 kt. The B-1B was originally designed to withstand strikes by birds weighing up to six pounds.
That is sooooo *cough cough*
You’re welcome! I can’t take the credit for it, I found it over on the message boards at airliners.net. But it certainly does a great job of showing what happened!
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FUNNY!
Well...It was in New York, so......
You mean “compressor” and “stator” blades... the turbine blades are behind the combustion section. At least one or two blades of the 1st stage fan usually gets chewed up good also.
I tried that, it didn’t work. Must be the office PC. Will try it at home later. Thanks for your help and more importantly thank you for your service!
And it looks like the record is still in tact. Kudos to the pilot and copilot. I don’t ever recall a water ditching, or one land for that matter, turning out so well. Also, I’m not a big fan of consortium built aircraft, but it looks like Airbus built a plane that could withstand a water ditching.
Well, perhaps the bird had a “split” personality? Oh, no, wait... I know... the bird was A MODERATE REPUBLICAN... half went ‘right’ and the other half went ‘left’ ... so both halfs got screwed. You see, everything is politics on FR!
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