My dad was a commercial pilot for 30+ years, I remember asking him what would happen if he lost both engines. He said that you could coast for quite awhile without any power, and control the plane pretty well as long as all your ailerons (sp?) were working....and at that point you start looking for water.
They practice this stuff in simulators all the time, but performing this well in a real emergency is pretty impressive. Probably helps that the pilot runs an emergency safety company, and studies how to remain cool in an emergency (sometimes real life is crazier than fiction man). One final thought...US Air stranded my wife and I in Charlotte last week. Yesterday it stranded these poor folks, en route to Charlotte, in the Hudson River. The next time I have to the chance to fly US Air to Charlotte....I'm gonna pass. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Jacob <[email protected]> wrote: > What is skill... > > Losing both engines on takeoff, know you cannot return to the airport, and > intentionally landing on a body of water where the plane does not break up > and everybody is rescued. > > All I have to saw is WOW! > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 12:56 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: uckfay! flight in hudson river > > http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/us.airways.crash.2.909535.html > > w000ps > > Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace. > -- siddhartha gautama > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285115 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
