Jon S Berndt writes: > Just as I flared during the last landing he gave me a 100 knot > tailwind. If there would have been a black box, it would have > gotten from me only a "What the ... !" before I pancaked in.
If you were flaring, you were probably close enough to the ground to survive (i.e. less than 10ft), though with some damage to the shuttle. Otherwise, I doubt any aircrew could survive a sudden 100kt tailwind during an approach any fixed-wing aircraft -- I don't know of any plane that approaches at more than 100kt above its stall speed. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
