Flying a 172 with Autopilot?

"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats
and I'm damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a
street."
- Neil Armstrong

It'd be sad if Armstrong, a de facto ambassador for science, had said
something so baseless. Is there any evidence that he actually did?

I am ancienct enough to confirm that one of the original astronauts
said it. I (and most U.S. citizens alaive at the time) heard about
way back at the time it was said, because the media considered it
"newsworthy." Don't know for sure if it was Armstrong or one of the
others, but it definitely was one of those astronauts.

vince norris

I transitioned from being a high school first baseman to a college pitcher
because my sorry hiney couldn't take that 90 feet from home plate to first
base after a slow roller to the infield without being thrown out as I passed
the opposing dugout. Ptichers ain't gotta BE fast, just gotta THROW fast.
Or throw junk that weaves its way from the mound to the plate via goosey
routes. Tha's me.

Jim



"Montblack" wrote in message
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I shunned all marathon talk because I was a sprinter at heart - albeit a
very, very slow sprinter.

On 2005-07-08, Montblack Y4-NOT wrote:
"I believe that the Good Lord gave us a finite number of heartbeats and I'm
damned if I'm going to use up mine running up and down a street."
- Neil Armstrong

I hope he said that in jest - whilst doing exercise will increase your
heart rate whilst doing it, if you are fit your resting heartbeat will
be far lower than an unfit person.

An unfit person probably has a resting heartbeat of around 70-75 bpm.
I'm reasonably fit and my resting heartrate is around 50 bpm. Since you
only do vigorous exercise for a fairly short time but there's lots of
sitting around to do you'll use far less if you're fit!
--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
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"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"