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Old January 3rd 06, 02:04 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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When the L-1011 came out, the joke was that the pilot sat
behind a glass wall and had a hammer in case of an
emergency.

On the other hand, a couple of rubber bands will serve in a
J3 for a while.



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".Blueskies." wrote in
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| "Dan Foster" wrote in message
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| In article
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| .Blueskies. wrote:
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| The 747 has been capable of this for years, since ~69
or so. The pilot
| does have to advance the throttles though...
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| With the 744, I don't believe VNAV kicks in until 400 ft
AGL. Below
| 400', you've got LNAV/FD/autothrottles.
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| -Dan
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| Yup, folks don't realize they are flying in a human
monitored robot...
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