At 09:59 AM 2/15/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Wow. Some story. > >Post-flight, what did they find out? Was the heat shield actually loose, or was it a false reading? > >--Bill > The loose heat shield was a false alarm. In answer to another private message, it only took a few minutes to upload the article since it was from a collection I have been writing over the years for the benefit of my children and grandchildren. There are several more aviation related stories in the collection but RCSE is supposed to be about models and soaring. I may post some of them at a future date but not too often. Chuck Anderson RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]