Posted on 10/19/2021 12:47:01 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity
You can live in NYC, be an AL fan and HATE THE YANKEES! I cite the (ancient) Broadway Play “Damn Yankees” that was very successful and spawned 2 movies! So I submit that the Red Sox Nation has fans in NY and SOME even in NYC!
But they do keep their heads down and windows closed!
Here is a Rays fan rooting for the Taxachussetts Reds!
A friend of mine that was a co-pilot on KC-135s told me that the only reason to abort takeoff above 100 knots is: smoke in the cockpit or engine failure. A failed sensor would probably do it, too.
The plane is made of magnesium and magnesium-aluminum alloys so that it will be light enough to fly. That material burns fast and hot. The black box is in that tail piece left over after the fire. The tail is far enough from the fuel tanks to not generally burn up; and, the recorder is small, rugged, and a bit heavy. It is designed to survive, not fly.
The weight and balance is documented and submitted before the plane moves from the gate.
Crashing and burning just like the Astros season.
Houston is ranked as the #8 Sports market; Boston is #10.
Houston generates more sports revenue than Boston.
Interestingly enough, the DFW area is #5.
“*21* people on board.
On a plane designed for over 100.
Did you really need much more data than that?”
Yes, I do. How much fuel was on board? I have heard that Houston Executive was the aircraft’s home base. If so, they probably had a contract price on fuel. I’m sure that their east coast destination had a higher price on fuel. So they were probably going to tanker a significant amount of fuel to minimize their purchase in Boston. Therefore the aircraft could have been at gross weight. Also, I doubt if the aircraft was configured for high density airline seating. So what was the weight of the furnishings versus airline configuration? How much baggage was being carried? All these suppositions on my part are guesses. I don’t know. I don’t post “facts” like some people do when claiming to know that the aircraft was below maximum gross take off weight.
By “engine pressure” sensor are you talking about EPR?
Yeah, I had forgotten about that. Would they dare move the World Series to a neutral site? I don’t think so.
My wild ass guess is incorrect flap and slat setting.
Or someone forgot to remove those red “Remove Before Flight” tags on the elevator’s lockpins.
You might want to recheck. Houston is the 4th largest city, barely behind Chicago. Doesn’t have the history of the red Sox, but does have a huge fan base now.
That surprises me because the Houston market while large is just that. Meaning their fan base does not extend to the Dallas/Fort Worth area or other places in TX. Are people in San Antonio and Austin Astros Fans now or long time TX Rangers fans(Nolan Ryan fans).
Whereas the Red Sox is the only major team in all of New England.
I also BELIEVE that there are Yankees, Red Sox, Cubs and Dodgers fans scattered all around the country because that is who they grew up watching and rooting for.
There are even a lot of Atlanta Braves fans around the country because of WTBS.
I knew a guy who grew up in Albuquerque and was a huge Yankees fan because he loved Mickey Mantle as a kid.
The Yankees is worth the most of any MLB team because of the revenue generated by their TV station.
see post 53
I agree totally with your statements. The Boston teams are national brands like the Cowboys and Lakers. Houston teams are only locally followed. But the greater Houston area is well over 7M and most of them are big Houston sports fans. I am down there once a month and I have to listen to them.
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