I remember when I was a kid they used to let you go up to the cockpit. Seems strange now.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 18, 2017, at 6:53 AM, M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfgO90yGusI > > On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Larry Turner via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> Speaking of A380s, there was a show on Smithonian channel called "Air >> Disasters" which features various airliner/aircraft incidents. Yesterday >> they featured a A380 with a crew of 3 that was on auto pilot when the pilot >> brought his (9 ur old?) daughter and 15 yr old son into the cockpit and he >> first let the daughter sit in the pilots seat and she let her hands rest on >> the control yoke. Then his 15 year old son had his turn. He did the same >> with his hands, but being stronger, he was able to put more pressure on the >> yoke. That's when disaster struck as a feature of the new A380 (and many >> other planes) kicked in -- when pressure is put on the yoke for approx 30 >> sec part of the Auto pilot becomes disabled. At that point the 15 y.o. >> teen was controlling the rudder while the autopilot continued to (try to) >> control the rest. Evidently this is a feature some commercial pilots >> like. At that point the auto pilot tried to keep the plane on course by >> adjusting the other controls. It appears the crew was not trained in this >> feature. Eventually the plane began to roll while the son was still in the >> pilot seat. But maybe forces kept him seated. So the situation continued >> to deteriorate as the plane began to dive then roll and slow spin as the >> crew tried to regain control - the pilot was seated once again. Eventually >> they appeared to pull the nose up and stop the spinning, but as the plane >> climbed they over-corrected and it was almost vertical when it stalled. It >> appeared the auto pilot was still in partial control during all of this >> which happened in approx 40 sec. All these maneuvers used a lot of >> altitude and they ran into a mountain. The airline was the Russian >> Aeroflot and they said that while what the pilot did was technically >> illegal many did it. Hmmm. I pray American commercial planes have a little >> better cockpit security. >> >> It's amazing to see the amount of info they get from the cockpit recorders. >> >> LarryT >> >> 91 300D >> >> >>> On 03/17/2017 4:59 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> They probably should have been further apart even if it wasn't a 380 >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Mar 17, 2017, at 2:44 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Yes, but the smaller plane was no Piper Cub. It was a twin engine jet. >>>> The air traffic controllers need to keep these things separated by more >>>> air. >>>> There was only a thousand vertical feet between them when the A380 >>>> passed overhead. >>>> >>>> RB >>>> >>>>> On 17/03/2017 2:40 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>>>> With a plane that big it takes a lot of thrust to keep it going which >>>>> really stirs up the air behind it. >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 17, 2017, at 1:59 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >>>>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://avherald.com/h?article=4a5e80f3 >>>>>> >>>>>> RB >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
