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Old January 9th 08, 07:40 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
george
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Default Boeing's New 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

On Jan 10, 8:16 am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 19:05:43 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
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Manual reversion is primitive in a 'bus, but adequate for the task.


Are you implying that there is a physical link between the flight
controls and the control surfaces?


Oh lord no.
We pray toward the right and the aircraft responds by turning right.
It would be blasphemy to have a connection between controls and
control surfaces.
Cynical mode off