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They tried, in one previous show, to duplicate the old cartoon shotgun
barrel blow up with the barrel unwinding. They tried to use modern shotguns which are made from solid tubular steel. Shotguns made before about 1920 were generally made by wrapping steel wire around a mandrel and using the old blacksmith welding with a hammer and anvil. Those barrels would have flaws and weak spots. What they showed with landing the NASA simulator is that any person with some level experience with a cockpit display can control an airliner. Most FAA controllers would not have the experience to describe the cockpit and give useful instruction in how to manually fly with the autopilot or where the switches are located, or how to use the radio to even start the "rescue." Maybe they should have an in-flight movie before each take-off on how to fly the airplane, do you think TSA would allow that? "Robert M. Gary" wrote in message ... | On Dec 8, 9:32 pm, Jim Logajan wrote: | "Jamie and Adam take wing to test if a person with no flight training can | safely land an airplane and if a plane can take off from a conveyor belt | speeding in the opposite direction. Tory, Grant, and Kari jump on some | Hollywood-inspired skydiving myths." | | Quoted from the Discovery channel schedule:http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-schedule...=1.13056.24704.... | | (My local paper's weekly TV schedule has just the brief summary "Landing a | 747" so I presume the plane they attempt to land without training is a 747. | Will be interesting to see if they try the real thing and are not limited | to a simulator.) | | I have no doubt that our buddy from France firmly believes he can land | a 747 if necessary. In fact he's done it hundreds of times. | | -Robert |
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