Re: May America lose the Iraq war

From: Charles Richmond (richmond@ev1.net)
Date: 03/23/03 

From: Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 06:31:27 GMT

"Keith R. Williams" wrote:
>
> In article <3E7D0E18.5DBFE298@ev1.net>, richmond@ev1.net says...
> > Bill Unruh wrote:
> > >
> > > Keith R. Williams <krw@attglobal.net> writes:
> > >
> > > ]>
> > > ]> [snip...] [snip...] [snip...]
> > > ]>
> > > ]> I've been looking for that story too, the one I heard is that it
> > > ]> was a 707, and that recovery involved in excess of 6 Gs, and the
> > > ]> plane was totalled (flyable, but the airframe was taken way past
> > > ]> its stress limits).
> > >
> > > The pilot deployed the air brakes, overriding the safeguard which was
> > > supposed to prevent it by pulling the fuses. The air brake
> > > deployed on one side only. The plane went into a roll first and then
> > > into a dive.
> > >
> > Who in the heck would deploy the *airbrake* at speed and altitude???
> > IIRC, it was the leading-edge wing flap that deployed on one side,
> > without anyone asking for it.
>
> Another unrelated (ok, to what) incident. Please show the
> specific accident. We can then discuss the details.
>
If I knew or could find the details...don't you think I
would have posted them??? I am relying on aging brain
cells here. I remember (as someone else did) that there
was a TV news magazine show coverage of the incident
a year or so after it happened. They talked with the
pilot and partly focused on how this had disrupted
his life. 

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