Fly Boy ?????

Subject: Fly Boy ?????
From: "Steven P. McNicoll"
Date: 10/23/03 11:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time

ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Had he ditched they may have all come out alive.


Or they all may have died.



Less chance of that as experience has shown us.

"Autocollimator" wrote in message
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Less chance of that as experience has shown us.


What is your experience in ditching the TBM?

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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"Autocollimator" wrote in message
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Less chance of that as experience has shown us.


What is your experience in ditching the TBM?

More to the point, what did the manufacturer have to say on that subject?

George Z.

"George Z. Bush" wrote in message
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More to the point, what did the manufacturer have to say on that subject?


I would think the operator would have better information on the ditching
behavior than would the manufacturer.

Steven asked:

Steven asked:
I would think the operator would have better information on the ditching
behavior than would the manufacturer.

How so? The manufacturer designed the darned thing. The flight manual stated
the limitations for various conditions and emergencies. The manufacturer wrote
the flight manual and flight tested the a/c.

Oxmoron1
Remember the BOLD print!

"OXMORON1" wrote in message
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Steven asked:
I would think the operator would have better information on the ditching
behavior than would the manufacturer.

How so? The manufacturer designed the darned thing. The flight manual
stated
the limitations for various conditions and emergencies. The manufacturer
wrote
the flight manual and flight tested the a/c.


Well, who ditched more Avengers, the Navy or Grumman/Eastern?

Steven asked:
Well, who ditched more Avengers, the Navy or Grumman/Eastern?

Of course the Navy did, but they used the information and design work of
Grumman.

Rick

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

I would think the operator would have better information on the ditching
behavior than would the manufacturer.

Glad to see you finally coming around Steven. There's no substitute
for experience but when I asked you how many hours you have in
a certain type your non sequitur response was "irrelevant."

"Mike Marron" wrote in message
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Glad to see you finally coming around Steven. There's no substitute
for experience but when I asked you how many hours you have in
a certain type your non sequitur response was "irrelevant."


Your message makes no sense whatsoever.