December 14th 07, 06:36 AM
posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.piloting,rec.skydiving
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FYI: Dec 12 MythBusters: Airplane Hour
Mxsmanic wrote:
Mark Hickey writes:
It's important to remember that the would-be pilot/savior would have
tremendous motivation to get it right the first time.
Yes. That could help or hurt, depending on the personality of the
individual.
When thinking
through that scenario, I always pictured having three or four people
in the cockpit - each with a limited job that they'd be walked
through by an expert on the radio... maybe each with a cell phone
connecting them to individual team members on the ground. Then it's
just up to those experts on the ground to talk each of them through
about 1/4 of the process of getting the plane on the ground in one
piece (as opposed to making a flawless landing on the numbers).
That seems unnecessarily complicated. Especially with automation, as
long as the person in the left seat can push a button, turn a dial,
and move a lever, he can land the plane--provided also that he can
follow simple instructions on the radio.
hehehe, he said "get it right the first time":
http://www.micom.net/oops/Airbus320_trees.mp4
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