"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| "Mick" #$$#@%%%.^^^ wrote in :
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| "Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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| | Stefan wrote in news:752a8$48d89b77
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| | schrieb:
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| | The Air Canada pilot was a sailplane pilot, too, familiar
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| | slipping, and had operated sailplanes out of Gimli so he knew the
| | place. If anyone else had been at the controls it might not have
| | turned out so pretty.
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| | An airline pilot who happens to also be a pretty good sailplane
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| | told me that it would have been much easier and equally efficient
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| | just do S turns to adjust the glide path. This would also have
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| | possible problems driving the air driven generator. The pilot who
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| | did a glider landing with anairbus on the Azores in 2001 used that
| | technique.
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| | Bull****.
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| | Bertie
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| Like you would know.
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| Snort! There are sevral here who know me and have flown with me.
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| My guess is they're laughing their asses off at you now.
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| But hey, n with the maxine show.
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| Bertie