Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls

"Casey Wilson" N2310D @ gmail.com wrote in message news:qokpf.21228$eI5.17594@trnddc05...

"Keith W" wrote in message ...

"Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired" wrote in message news:yDepf.66209$sg5.26836@dukeread12...
Charles Talleyrand wrote:



For one thing you'd be hard pressed to get 30 minutes of glide time from any airliner.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

The Air Transat Airbus that ran out of fuel glided for 20 minutes
to get to the Azores

Keith


And there is the 1983 (?86) story of the "Gimli Glider." An Air Canada B-767 that ran out of fuel and landed on an
X-ed out runway in Canada that was, at the time, in use by sports car racers. See:

http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/tracks/gimli.html

for a great photo. They talk about the RATS but I couldn't find any remarks about elapsed glide time in this story.

For giggles, read the post script story about the mechanics who went to rescue the airplane.


Here is a link to the RAT:
http://www.hamiltonsundstrandcorp.co..._PRD38,00.html

We make the hydraulic pump portion:
http://www.parker.com//ead/cm2.asp?cmid=2841