December 21st 12, 05:46 PM
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Concorde Crash
In article
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HankC wrote:
On Dec 20, 1:57*pm, Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article
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*HankC wrote:
On Dec 17, 10:24*pm, Orval Fairbairn
wrote:
Here is an interesting story on the crash that grounded the Concordes:
http://www.askthepilot.com/untold-concorde-story/
It seems that the fire wasn't the cause of the crash -- it was basic
airmanship.
How is:
1., it was flying too slowly;
2., it was several tons overweight and beyond its aft center of
gravity limit;
3., two of its four engines were damaged or erroneously shut down;
4., it was over-fueled.
'airmanship'?
1. Flying too slowly is DEFINITELY airmanship!
2. Flying overweight is airmanship because of poor flight planning.
3. Shutting down a wrong engine is airmanship of the first order.
4. Over fueling adds too much weight and can affect weight & balance
computations.
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did you read the article about what and why these things happened?
I read the article -- it does not excuse the airmanship.
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