First-hand video of a BRS deployment.

Well, I guess if everyone has to be good at something, that's as good as
anything...



Jerry Springer wrote:
Only thing the french are good at is burning cars.


Scott wrote:

Good one. How many French are in any sort of armed conflict (right or
wrong) around the world? I wouldn't consider anyone in the military
as being a coward, U.S. or otherwise. Watch the news sometime...or
don't they offer those channels in France?

Mxsmanic wrote:

Viperdoc writes:


Maybe they know it's you and they blocked your address?




It happens on every other computer I've tried, too.


Are they cowards or smart?




Cowards. Like most Americans these days.

Juan's an IT guru...maybe he can figure it out. I'm out of ideas.



Mxsmanic wrote:

Scott writes:


What browser and version are you running?


It happens with all of my browsers (Firefox, MSIE, Lynx, Opera).

BDS writes:

Now you've done it - I was just about to send you a dollar so you could have
a nice dinner at McDonalds but after that, I don't think I will.

Dinner at McDonald's actually costs about eight dollars.

Maybe the USAF is blocking you because they read your blog.

Cowards favor censorship.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
BDS writes:


Now you've done it - I was just about to send you a dollar so you could have
a nice dinner at McDonalds but after that, I don't think I will.


Dinner at McDonald's actually costs about eight dollars.


Maybe the USAF is blocking you because they read your blog.


Cowards favor censorship.

Troll troll troll your boat gently.................................

Mxsmanic wrote:
Viperdoc writes:

Maybe they know it's you and they blocked your address?

It happens on every other computer I've tried, too.

Are they cowards or smart?

Cowards. Like most Americans these days.


Now.... That's not going to make you any friends MX

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boB
copter.six - - An American who was pretty scared during Desert Storm

boB writes:

Now.... That's not going to make you any friends MX

I'm not trying to make friends.

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Mxsmanic wrote:
Scott writes:

I guess we owe the French. They still seem ****ed about us coming over
in the 1940s to "help" them out.

Are Americans still upset about the French paying for their independence?


The french, when blasting the USA, conveniently leave out their actions
in the Suez Canal and some small brushfires in Africa where they were
more than unethical.

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boB
copter.six


U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
Central Texas
5NM West of Gray Army/Killeen Regional (KGRK)

boB writes:

The french, when blasting the USA, conveniently leave out their actions
in the Suez Canal and some small brushfires in Africa where they were
more than unethical.

Americans leave a lot out, too. Nobody is blameless.

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Hate to say it, but he just happens to be right. It's actually a pretty
widely acknowledged by pilots.

mike

"Jim Carriere" wrote in message
news:wrpzh.2391$z6.1016@bigfe9...
Mxsmanic wrote:
Fortunately, mathematics can help. If everyone flies around completely
at
random, it's statistically wildly improbable that any aircraft will ever
collide. In fact, traffic patterns, airways, altitude restrictions, and
navaids actually increase the chances of a collision, rather than
decreasing

This has to be one of the funniest things I've read in a long LONG time!

Thanks for the laugh!

I also wondered why the plane wasn't flyable. Wings looked fine on the
ground. He didn't have a lot of time to make the decision at 1000 feet, so
he probably figured it's now or never. It would have taken some of that
precious time and altitude to determine the plane was flyable. With more
altitude, I'll bet he would have let it fly for a while and maybe have been
able to determine it was flyable, but down low, there's just no time for
that. Those chutes use up something like 700 or 800 vertical feet to fully
deploy, I believe.

mike

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote:

I'm surprised that the pilot believes he is alive today because of the
parachute. The aircraft doesn't look severely damaged; the control
surfaces
are in place. What would have prevented him from gliding to a landing?

Because it requires more skill than just typing CTRL-ALT-DELETE you.
Don't second guess real pilots.