Jim in Anchorage

Interesting. One debates the fine points of the English language,the other seems intent on destroying it.

Not a lot of hours[1500 or so],but I am a pilot. I prefer not to judge other pilots,but sometimes I wonder[the Buffalo crash-pulling up in a stall?] As far as as a T storm,I can't fault the pilot-once your in one[i have read only,thank you] its is a near impossible situation. A nose down dive is actually about hour 4 in a private pilots lessons-power off,release the yoke[wings in a neutral or non-turning position] opposite rudder to correct spin,than a gradual pull back on the yoke[elevator] to level,then on the power to maintain altitude. The reason incidents like this bother me[aside from the obvious] is that it makes people afraid to fly-when was the last time the news blasted"yet another plane lands safely again"?

I said 1966 for a reason.

Maybe not now, but think though what the 90s may have produced. For example,if Mick Jagger had died in 1966 ,would people just say,well the stones peaked,no great loss? We will never know.

Actually in that situation[nose down dive] you would kill the power[you don't want to go faster] till you leveled out. Like slowing your car down for a sharp curve. Anyway I wouldn't worry to much on a Continental US flight -its blanketed with weather radar that can easily pick up T storms,and goes real time via satellite to the pilot. In fact a hand held Garman 396[$1800 or so] has that capability. I mean Continental as in the land mass,not the airline.

Viva Viagra.

Being in a dive in a severe down draft would offer no stress to the air frame at all till you exceeded the speed of the DD. Picture driving east at 30 MPH with a 30MPH west wind at your back. Put your hand out the window-there would be no Resistance because you are moving at the same speed,and direction as the column of air. The problem with a plane is you can't go down forever-you must at some point level off,and doing so too fast,too abruptly creates G forces that exceed the air frames capability. If the pilot attempted a 4 G maneuver, the wings that were designed for a 200,000 pound load would be supporting 800,000 pounds[or not]

Good memory. I had forgotten about that. Shame- was a good band but 97 rock would never play them. I discovered them from Canadian radio.

OK this is way out there,but I have heard of people bringing themselves to a point of near asphyxiation during sex-it supposedly"intensifies" a orgasm.

I wish they had more detail on what they DID find. Is this like a reverse Bermuda triangle where you find planes that were never missing in the first place?

The problem with T storms is not having a updraft or a downdraft,but BOTH right next to each other. Picture the wind shear turbulence at the boundary of a 3000 ft per minute updraft,and a 3000 ft per minute downdraft.

Just listened to would- 3x. Wonder where they would be if Layne hadn't jumped on the smack rail...

Its just that easy. Hows that 1971 Ford Volkswagen bus working for ya?

Short answer,yes. By your reasoning their would be no industrial spying.Simply buy the competitors product and duplicate it. Which is fine if you are happy with crude copies[see China on anything they manufacture] By buying the brand you are buying all the engineering,and manufacturing development research that produced the product in the first place.

Why didn't Chrysler just buy a Fiat,and take it apart,instead of giving up 20% of the company?

T storm tops can hit 50,000 feet. Service ceiling on any jet is going to be at most 40,000. They need air to run.

I suspect it was more the updraft/downdraft associated with T storms then lightning itself.

I just ended a séance with Stalin,Pol Pot,Hitler,and chairman Mao and they assured me their motives were not based on religion.

Janet Reno was Christan?

I believe most states fish and game departments have laws against"wanton waste of meat"

Irrelevant example. The USSR and America did not have a common border,or actively engage in killing each others citizens,or claim territory the other had. It was more a PR war to win over uncommitted countries than a active ,hate fueled, you killed my son,blew up my house Israeli/Palestinian conflict that probably will go on for many more generation's. To link Iran's nuclear program to a solution of that issue is to walk away from the table with a don't worry about that problem-we'll wait till someone else fixes their's and then it will go away by it's self mindset.

Yes and a pill to cure cancer would do wonders for health care costs. Confine yourself to the facts as they exist today,not some future pie in the sky Palestinian-Israel lets shake hands and let bygones be bygones event that 3 generations have been waiting for.

That may be due to McNabb being taught the OT rules.

Should I? Just to appear to be a reasonable fellow? If I don't like him, I don't. To claim anything else would be a fraud. And that is is where I am with Obama.

Don't hold your breath. I have never made a positive remark about Jimmy Carter,and that is going on 33 years. Worse,I smell 1976-1981 all over again.