> The positives are lesser risk of a smoking hole. This can also be said for not going to prison.
"I'm here all week folks, try the veal." -----Original message----- From: "Gruss Gott" [email protected] Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:22:55 -0500 To: cf-community [email protected] Subject: Re: uckfay! flight in hudson river > > gMoney wrote: > > 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. > > > > On a 320 it's 20:1 and the pilot was probably trading airspeed (for > control) for altitude. At 3000 feet, he probably had ~ 10 miles > before he hit ground. > > The largest dangers with a water landing are: > > 1.) Breaking up > 2.) Flipping > 3.) Sinking before evac can begin. > > The positives are lesser risk of a smoking hole. > > Given the dude basically had the choice of flying into buildings with > a road landing, flying towards active runways, and a water landing and > had to decide all while trading airspeed for altitude, sure seems like > he did the right thing. > > And then to think that with the water landing he both kept the nose up > without flipping the a/c or braking off the tail is pretty amazing. > > The guy is a real hero. They don't practice this stuff in the simulator. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:285180 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
