"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Autocollimator" wrote in message
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No a surety, not just a possibility.


Nonsense. If aircraft always behaved as predicted there'd be no need to
test them.



Have you ever gotten off the ground in a miliatry aircraft?


Irrelevant.

I think it is relevant. If you had flown for one of the military services, a
lot of the things we're talking to you about would be things that you'd
experienced. Maybe it never occurred to you, never having experienced it, that
military flight manuals are constantly being updated as new information
regarding the aircraft is received, either from the manufacturer or from the
field. I flew I don't remember how many different kinds of aircraft, and I knew
how to ditch every one of them, and I learned how best to do it from constant
study of the flight manuals, which provided me with the most current data
available I needed in order to make good decisions.

I flew about 4,000 hours in my military career. I never ditched an airplane,
never bailed out of one, and walked away from every landing without even a
slight limp. Those are my credentials. There are guys who frequent this NG
with a helluva lot more than that, and they have my attention and respect. I
doubt that you're one of them.