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echo: aviation
to: MIKE LUTHER
from: KARL SCHNEIDER
date: 1998-02-20 13:03:00
subject: A300

On (19 Feb 98) Mike Luther wrote to Karl Schneider...
 > KS: who work for American Airlines over in Tulsa that the A300 cannot
 > KS: be banked over 45 degrees without losing the AH display for
 > KS: several seconds.
 > KS: I said it was BS.  Anyone ever hear of such a thing?
 ML>    Not since my early 172 days.. :)
 Heh...
 ML>    However, strictly in humor here, one would expect you could needle
 ML>    one, kick the ball, watch your airspeed.... and mentally note the
 ML>    attitude of the ROC, push come to shove on the stick... :)
 Yeah, but I'm wondering if the damn thing even *has* a needle&ball!
 I find it astounding that such a design would ever even be *con-
 sidered*, let alone get installed!
 I'm usually sympathetic to aircraft designers and builders, but if
 that story is true, they need to be sued out of business.
... A word to the wise is unnecessary.
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