"Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in message 
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> "Peter Dohm"  wrote in
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>>
>> "Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in message
>> news:Xns9A299AAC19AFCpissupropeeh{at}207.14.116.130...
>>>D Ramapriya  wrote in
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>>> fe3404d7859d{at}x69g2000hsx.googlegroups.com:
>>>
>>>> On Jan 18, 5:11 pm, Thomas Borchert

>>>> wrote:
>>>>> D,
>>>>>
>>>>> > But this wasn't a normal landing.
>>>>> > The 777 was reportedly circa 500 ft
>>>>> > when the pilot noticed that the engine wasn't responding to
>>>>> > greater power.
>>>>>
>>>>> Reported by whom? How on earth would you know? Have
you thought to
>>>>> ask yourself why professional accident investigations
tend to take
>>>>> months, even years? We know exactly nothing about what
you claim to
>>>>> be fact. The AIB will issue an inital report in 48
hours. That will
>>>>> be our first clue. An "airport worker talked to
the pilot..."? Bah,
>>>>> humbug!
>>>>>
>>>>> >My Q is that once it was known that power was off,
>>>>>
>>>>> WE DO NOT KNOW THAT!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sky News reported that as information it had from the Captain
>>>> himself.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sky News is almost as full of shit as Fox.
>>>
>>> Well it would be since it's owned by the same person.
>>>
>>> Let me guess, they made it "Breaking news" for about
12 hours, right?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bertie
>>>
>> At least that long!
>>
>> Yesterday morning, this discussion thread was already running; and, at
>> dinner time, at least one of the "all news" television
channels was
>> still running the same crap over and over as a "developing story."
>
>
> I get to see it all the time in Europe. Often it's the only english
> language channel. That and CNN.If I'm stuck in my hotel room ( because I
> have no money and am afraid of getting picked up for vagrancy) i get to
> see hurricanes inch themselves across the carribean hourly...
>
> Bertie
>
>
Fortunately for me, I rarely have to watch TV, except for a little ESPN--and 
that mostly while I am on a treadmill.  However, yesterday I took the day to 
drive to the LSA Expo at Sebring--which is less than 150 miles away.  On the 
way back, I decided that it was time to have a dinner of fried catfish 
(about once every 5 to 10 years is about right and it had been about that 
long) and the TV was playing in the restaurant.  BTW, the catfish was very 
good and was the best that I can recall.

For the most part, the LSAs are not quite ready for me, since I am 6'1" and 
don't like to be squished or to have my view blocked.  But, that's OK since 
my budget isn't ready for them and I don't have any medical issues. 
However, the intesting thing the I learned was that, at least in the case of 
low wing aircraft, the ones that make the most use of carbon fiber have 
about a 100 pound usefull load advantage over the ones that don't.  In the 
case of the LSAs, that works out to a 20 to 25% advantage in usefull load 
and up to 40% in pay load--and those numbers may carry over to a lot of 
standard category aircraft as well.  That's huge!

Peter
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