"The doomsday plane

CNN article on "The Doomsday Plane"

Cool.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

-c

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:44:34 -0700, Gatt wrote:

CNN article on "The Doomsday Plane"

Cool.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

Someone should knee-cap the producer of the segment...

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On 14 Sep 2007 00:28:26 GMT, Clark wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

Someone should knee-cap the producer of the segment...


Knee-cap the producer or neacp the producer?

Yes.

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On Sep 13, 4:44 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
CNN article on "The Doomsday Plane"

Cool.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

-c

Seems pretty clear that it was an E4 called on alert by NORAD. What
is so surprising about that?

On Sep 13, 6:14?pm, wrote:
On Sep 13, 4:44 pm, "Gatt" wrote:

CNN article on "The Doomsday Plane"

Cool.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

-c

Seems pretty clear that it was an E4 called on alert by NORAD. What
is so surprising about that?

I've always wondered how EMP-hardened these aircraft are in case of
outright nuclear exchanges and deliberate EMP air bursts. If not, they
will be falling out of the sky just like their F-15 escorts.

ZXY

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wrote:

On Sep 13, 4:44 pm, "Gatt" wrote:
CNN article on "The Doomsday Plane"

Cool.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

-c

Seems pretty clear that it was an E4 called on alert by NORAD. What
is so surprising about that?

Only surprising if you're a newsie. *Everything* surprises them.

In article . com,
wrote:

On Sep 13, 6:14?pm, wrote:
On Sep 13, 4:44 pm, "Gatt" wrote:

CNN article on "The Doomsday Plane"

Cool.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

-c

Seems pretty clear that it was an E4 called on alert by NORAD. What
is so surprising about that?

I've always wondered how EMP-hardened these aircraft are in case of
outright nuclear exchanges and deliberate EMP air bursts. If not, they
will be falling out of the sky just like their F-15 escorts.

ZXY


A B-747 can fly with no electricity. I had the opportunity to be aboard
a N-601BN in 1980 when it got hit by lightening over the North Atlantic
one night. We were with out electrical power for about 10 minutes.

Landed with a big black streak down the vertical stabilizer and without
the canooe-sized fairing...

Yeff wrote:

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:44:34 -0700, Gatt wrote:

CNN article on "The Doomsday Plane"

Cool.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

Someone should knee-cap the producer of the segment...

Would that someone be the Nigh****ch?
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In article . com,
wrote:

On Sep 13, 6:14?pm, wrote:
On Sep 13, 4:44 pm, "Gatt" wrote:

CNN article on "The Doomsday Plane"

Cool.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...tery.plane.CNN

-c

Seems pretty clear that it was an E4 called on alert by NORAD. What
is so surprising about that?

I've always wondered how EMP-hardened these aircraft are in case of
outright nuclear exchanges and deliberate EMP air bursts. If not, they
will be falling out of the sky just like their F-15 escorts.

ZXY


A B-747 can fly with no electricity. I had the opportunity to be aboard
a N-601BN in 1980 when it got hit by lightening over the North Atlantic
one night. We were with out electrical power for about 10 minutes.

Actually the 747 has numerous back-up power systems. When there is a
problem with electrical generation a load shedding system kicks in. The
first electrical buss to be shedded is the passenger cabins.

My guess is that the cockpit and instruments always had electricity and that
most of the problem was the electrical system kicking off to protect itself.
Ten minutes sounds about right for the flight engineer to reset the system
to the point that cabin power could be restored.





Landed with a big black streak down the vertical stabilizer and without
the canooe-sized fairing...

Leadfoot wrote:


Actually the 747 has numerous back-up power systems. When there is a
problem with electrical generation a load shedding system kicks in. The
first electrical buss to be shedded is the passenger cabins.

Google EMP, or look it up in the WIKI, and understand what it does to
non-protected electrical systems and generating systems then re-visit
your answer. Back ups are no good if they all drop offline from the
original EMP.