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To: Zordas
How can an aircraft lose it's rudder in flight and two engines???

Consider a light airplane. In one case a wooden prop delaminated on one blade. The imbalance caused the engine to tear from its bolts and fall off the plane. The change in center of gravity caused the plane to leaf backwards undergoing terrible aerodynamic strain until the wings ripped off. The plane landed in bits and pieces -- all because a little glue in the prop gave way.

Now mulitply the force a thousand times for a jet engine.

247 posted on 11/12/2001 2:45:22 PM PST by jlogajan
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To: jlogajan
Hey, guys. Just a little fact to interject here. The A-300 flight manual says there's no provision for jettisoning (dumping) fuel.
249 posted on 11/12/2001 2:53:59 PM PST by Crimson
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