Doesn't take very long for brick to fall from 1500 feet. Wilton
----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Streib" <str...@cs.indiana.edu> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: thoughts on NY plane crash? > On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:34:50 -0500, "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> said: > > > I heard freezing rain and immediately thought of icing, esp coming down > > from higher altitude and the wings are cold. I would guess those planes > > have deicers, but they can only handle so much. Sounds like it just > > bored straight into the house, which suggests a stall and pitch over, no > > gliding. > > > > First thing you are taught in flight school is to FLY THE AIRPLANE and > > worry about radios after you get things under control. From 1500ft you > > have very little time, esp if you have stalled or trying to fly a > > brick. Telling someone about it does no good at that point. > > So it's not implausible that they are flying along, nothing at all seems to be out of the ordinary, and then they just fall right out of the sky? > > Allan > -- > 1983 300D > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
