Re: May America lose the Iraq war

From: ararghNOSPAM@NOT.AT.enteract.com
Date: 03/24/03 

From: ararghNOSPAM@NOT.AT.enteract.com
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:34:44 -0600

On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:12:06 -0600, ararghNOSPAM@NOT.AT.enteract.com
wrote:

>On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:23:51 -0500, Keith R. Williams
><krw@attglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>In article <ugjs7vo869n7fcvcpjfn75mp1jqspd4cf6@4ax.com>,
>>ararghNOSPAM@NOT.AT.enteract.com says...
>>> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 22:25:40 -0500, Keith R. Williams
>>> <krw@attglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>> >Air brakes? Please! Civilian aircraft do not have "air brakes".
>>> Maybe not. But some planes certainly have some kind of air speed
>>> reduction device - whatever name it has.
>>
>>Not while in the air!
>>
>>> I have seen them in action -
>>> the ones that I saw deployed from the top of the wing, too close to
>>> the body to be arelions(sp- my spell checker didn't work), and I could
>>> tell that the plane was slowing down.
>>
>>I'm not sure what you were referring to, but they could be flaps,
>>slats, or a myriad of other control surfaces to allow for low-
>>speed flight. The idea isn't to slow the aircraft down as much
>>as it is to give it more lift at lower airspeed. Of course
>>landing gear do slow aircraft significantly (note that they don't
>>deploy them until necessary), and indeed have been deployed in
>>emergencies.
>>
>>> The thrust reversers came along somewhat later, after landing.
>>
>>Good grief, I would hope so! The idea is to make an aircraft as
>>clean as possible until it is firmly on the ground. There are no
>>air-brakes, as such.
>
>http://www.targetware.net/tk/f86data.htm
>First para, second sentence.
>
>http://www.allstar.fiu.edu/aero/Wing33.htm
>look for "speed brakes" section.
>
>http://www.divisieluchtvaart.nl/nla/veilig_mil/dli/061999.htm
>Second sentence.
>
>http://www.airmanshiponline.com/08-03-02/093-NTSB%20rudder%20problem.htm
>
>http://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/aircraft/a2f.html
>9th para, 2nd sentence.
>
>And that is just from the first third of the first page of a google
>search.
>
>Want to try again?

Also from http://www2.faa.gov/atpubs/PCG/s.htm

"SPEED BRAKES- Moveable aerodynamic devices on aircraft that reduce
airspeed during descent and landing."

(that would be in the air)

The google search phrase was 'airplane speed brakes' and got 19000+
hits.

A more refined search ' airplane "speed brakes" ' only gets 1500+
hits. 

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