777 Death Dive over Atlantic

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 22:02:38 GMT, john smith wrote:

Another story where British pilots encounter a situation and decide to
fly all the way to the UK before landing!!!
Fifteen minutes after takeoff, four crew members are injured severly
enough that they cannot continue with their duties, and the Captain
decides to let them suffer for another eight hours and 15 minutes before
they are allowed to receive proper medical attention?

Yah gotta admire the tenacity and toughness of those British crews.
Had it been one of ours they'd probably have thrown in the towel and
went back to the airport. :-))

As to the 600 feet, I've been on flights where I was happy to hold
that close. US:" Ahhhh...ATC it's a tad bumpy up here and we *may*
have a bit of a problem holding altitude." (We were getting the crap
beat out of us) Them: "Yah, we know. The alarms are off". A 182 about
20 miles to the north or NNE was reporting torrential rain and severe
turbulence. That was where we were headed. Naturally that particular
flight was my second time in actual with the first having been that
morning.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
As to the 600 feet, I've been on flights where I was happy to hold
that close. US:" Ahhhh...ATC it's a tad bumpy up here and we *may*
have a bit of a problem holding altitude." (We were getting the crap
beat out of us) Them: "Yah, we know. The alarms are off". A 182 about
20 miles to the north or NNE was reporting torrential rain and severe
turbulence. That was where we were headed. Naturally that particular
flight was my second time in actual with the first having been that
morning.

Come on Roger, you had it easy. You weren't even serving peanuts. ;-)

Gerald

On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 01:33:39 GMT, "G. Sylvester"
wrote:

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
As to the 600 feet, I've been on flights where I was happy to hold
that close. US:" Ahhhh...ATC it's a tad bumpy up here and we *may*
have a bit of a problem holding altitude." (We were getting the crap
beat out of us) Them: "Yah, we know. The alarms are off". A 182 about
20 miles to the north or NNE was reporting torrential rain and severe
turbulence. That was where we were headed. Naturally that particular
flight was my second time in actual with the first having been that
morning.

Come on Roger, you had it easy. You weren't even serving peanuts. ;-)


You bet and I had my seat belt *tight* too:-))

Gerald
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com