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Because I fly, I envy no one.



"C J Campbell" wrote in message ...
"Gene Seibel" wrote in message
om...
| If they ever describe me that way, it won't be because of alcohol. I
| don't touch the stuff. Fling is too important to me.
| --

You like a little fling once in awhile, Gene? :-)

Larry Fransson wrote:

On 2004-02-03 19:11:56 -0800, Roy Smith said:

I'm sure there are plenty of people flying around without licenses, on
expired medicals, etc.

Lots of them. Many years after I got my license (1966) I discovered
that the CFI who gave me about 2/3 of my primary training had lost his
medical certificate long before I became his student. (And he wasn't a
particularly good instructor either, which I quickly discovered after
flying with some really good CFIs.)

Joe Morris

C J Campbell wrote:

"Doug FM" wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
| Hope ATC never has to describe me as "orbiting like an idiot"!
|
| http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/vid...pilottape.html

It is really too bad that he did not run into the nuclear power plant. It
would have been an interesting experiment to see just how much damage he
would have done to the thing.



Actually the only damage would have been to the painting and the grass.

Nuclear power plant are designed (and tested) so that such accident
would cause any damage. I have seen a video of a plane sent into a
replication of the walls (several feet thick) of a nuclear plant. For
the simulation the plane was not really flying, it was rolling on a
train-like track at a speed similar to a flying (and falling) aircraft,
and it looked like to be a dual-engine way larger than a cessna. Result:
the plane was about 1 inch thick and the wall undamaged.

If a plane happens to crash into a nuclear plant and actually go through
the walls, I sure don't want to be close enough to experiment the result.

On 2004-02-06 00:13:45 -0800, Tom|420 said:

If a plane happens to crash into a nuclear plant and actually go
through the walls, I sure don't want to be close enough to experiment
the result.

Probably not as bad as what you're thinking. Once you get through the
containment building's walls, you have to get through the reactor's
shielding. There are probably two levels of shielding - one well
outside the reactor vessel itself, and another immediately surrounding
the reactor vessel. There will be at least several inches of lead and
steel in that shielding, and quite probably a couple feet of water or
other hydrogenous material. Then you have to break into the reactor
vessel itself, which is also made of some sort of metal a couple of
inches thick.

Anything with enough energy to do all of that will cause a lot of
damage no matter what it hits.

--
Larry Fransson
Seattle, WA
E-mail address changes regularly to thwart spam.

"Tom|420" wrote in message
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|
| It is really too bad that he did not run into the nuclear power plant.
It
| would have been an interesting experiment to see just how much damage he
| would have done to the thing.
|
|
|
| Actually the only damage would have been to the painting and the grass.
|

True, but it would have been fun to watch those who are permanently freaked
out to freak out even more. "He hit the power plant! My God! If he had been
just 15 times the size of a Boeing 747 and going mach 10, he might have
chipped some of the concrete! We need to close all the plants! We need to
close all the airports! We need to bury ourselves in mile-deep bunkers!"

C J Campbell wrote:

We need to bury ourselves in mile-deep
bunkers!"

Quietly agree, and point the way to the bunker. Close door. Seal door.
Problem solved.

- Andrew

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
online.com...
C J Campbell wrote:

We need to bury ourselves in mile-deep
bunkers!"

Quietly agree, and point the way to the bunker. Close door. Seal door.
Problem solved.

- Andrew

Politicians first, then lawyers, then more than likely the problem will be
solved as long as the doors lock from the outside.

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
...

"Tom|420" wrote in message
.. .
|
| It is really too bad that he did not run into the nuclear power plant.
It
| would have been an interesting experiment to see just how much damage
he
| would have done to the thing.
|
|
|
| Actually the only damage would have been to the painting and the grass.
|

True, but it would have been fun to watch those who are permanently
freaked
out to freak out even more. "He hit the power plant! My God! If he had
been
just 15 times the size of a Boeing 747 and going mach 10, he might have
chipped some of the concrete! We need to close all the plants! We need to
close all the airports! We need to bury ourselves in mile-deep bunkers!"

Stop It!!! You sound like my mother-in-law!!