Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-06 Thread Mitch Haley
Does the book give you L/D data, like "At 25,000lb and 40,000ft, your maximum L/D of 17 will be reached at 220 knots"? Mitch ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-06 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
exactly On 11/5/2010 9:01 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: If you were at max altitude and the engine quit, you should be able to glide for quite a while Unless you kept pulling back on the stick trying to hold altitude while the stick shaker tried to tell you to drop the nose

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-05 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: If you were at max altitude and the engine quit, you should be able to glide for quite a while Unless you kept pulling back on the stick trying to hold altitude while the stick shaker tried to tell you to drop the nose. Mitch. ___

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-05 Thread E M
In their case, at least a good 41,000 feet. Ed 300E On 5 November 2010 19:46, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: > If you were at max altitude and the engine quit, you should be able to > glide for quite a while > > On 11/5/2010 1:25 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > >> Allan Streib wrote: >> >>> Not to mention t

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-05 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
If you were at max altitude and the engine quit, you should be able to glide for quite a while On 11/5/2010 1:25 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: Allan Streib wrote: Not to mention the implicit assumption that the pilots won't do stupid stuff that they don't know how to recover from. This story is alm

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-05 Thread John Reames
Let's see... That question similar to "Do I want apple pie or ice cream for dessert?" Yes (to both) -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Nov 5, 2010, at 14:25, Mitch Haley wrote: > Allan Streib wrote: >> Not to mention the implicit assumption that t

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-05 Thread Mitch Haley
Allan Streib wrote: Not to mention the implicit assumption that the pilots won't do stupid stuff that they don't know how to recover from. This story is almost an illustration of darwinism at work. Stupid stuff like operating at book maximum altitude? Or stupid stuff like not trading altitude

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-05 Thread Allan Streib
> > -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com > [mailto:mercedes- > boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of relng...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, > November 04, 2010 6:53 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] > CRJ land anywhere?? > > > I h

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-05 Thread Greg Fiorentino
Greg -Original Message- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of relng...@aol.com Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:53 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere?? > I have flown many times in de Havill

Re: [MBZ] CRJ land anywhere??

2010-11-04 Thread RELNGSON
> I have flown many times in de Havilland (now Bombardier) aircraft.  I > am > confident that they can put down almost anywhere in the event of lost > power... > You could not be more incorrect. Read this and scroll down to the bottom for the cockpit voice recorder transcript. http://www.i