On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Justin Scott <jscott-li...@gravityfree.com>wrote:
> > Once those planes reach a certain speed on the takeoff run they commit to > takeoff, even if an engine fails. The idea being that if you reached that > speed you will probably be able to liftoff and climb enough to come back > around and land rather than not be able to stop and guarantee running out > of > runway. Anything happens before that speed and they abort. After that > speed, the plane is going to keep moving forward even in the face of most > emergencies. The speed varies depending on the airplane, of course. > > -Justin > > Ya know, even if it turns out that Sully originally did f*** up, that wouldn't really change his hero status in my eyes. Pilots make mistakes a lot, and they usually don't live to tell about it...and rarer still do every single one of their passengers live to tell about it. -- His gentle means of sculpting souls Took me years to understand ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:295929 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
