On 01-Aug-00, Nabil Shahid wrote:
>
> Gil,
>
> On 01-Aug-00, you wrote:
>
>> If the black box flight recorder is never damaged during a plane crash,
>> why isn't the whole airplane made out of the stuff?
>
>
> Because the material used in those black boxes is extremely dense, and
> therefore very heavy.
>
> If the whole plane was made of that stuff, it would never get off the
> ground.
Aside from the fact that that was meant to be a JOKE, the material the
"black box" is made of is not really exceptionally heavy. However I do
think the passengers would not be too pleased with the dense, form fitting
styrofoam like substance that would surround them in this "black box"
airplane. ;)
The REAL question is why do they call it a "black box" when every one I
have ever worked on is bright orange? ;)
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