Don’t ya just hate it when the instructor chops the power to the engine?
Well, after the first few times the shock wears off and you begin to automatically go into engine out mode and you fly the airplane.
She knew very well that she had a functioning engine and proceeded to fly the plane
**She knew very well that she had a functioning engine and proceeded to fly the plane**
And who knows, with 5 miles less air below her, and no engines, she may have done as well as Captain Sully.
She did very well at doing her job. Thankfully the destruction didn’t destroy the functions of the the wing, as was the case years ago at O’hare, when hundreds died.
The almost constant blather about women being held back when they are just as able to do similar jobs, fails to recognize that there are some jobs men HAVE HAD to do. Before hydraulic boost (power steering) most women weren’t built strong enough to handle an F-20 Farmall tractor all day, let alone a Grumman Hellcat in a do or die dogfight.
As far as her Navy career; there is the usual “landed on a pitching carrier deck at night” amazement. The Navy doesn’t let them land on a real carrier until they have mastered the simulator, and then they still don’t begin the real deal with an F/A18. I’m glad she never experienced the muzzie version of Hanoi Hilton. I shudder to think of any captured woman in muzzie lockup. Think of the girls kidnapped in Nigeria.