Hello Brian, > In the statistical sense, yes, it is possible to predict. That is rather > similar to the statistician's argument during the briefing for the first 1000 > bomber raid over Cologne in May 1942 that predicted only two aircraft would > collide, despite the incredible density of aircraft over the target, at any rate > compared with modern air traffic control standards! The question asked by the > crews was, of course, "_Which_ two aircraft are going to collide?"
I'm convinced you are not aware that we remember the most terrible aircraft to aircraft collision ever; tomorrow 25 years ago. Tenerife, KLM 747 spinning up while a Pan Am Clipper was on the runway in dense fog. http://aviation-safety.net/database/1977/770327-1.htm Since then I've flown 622,253 km but that accident still gives me the shivers. cheers, teun _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
