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(5,176 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Some big words in that crawler.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)moving to second place in viewers and winning some hours in the money demo.
It won't last however.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)When they showed a diagram of a airplane
he said you a describing what a plane looks like? 90% of your viewers stare out the window to look at the plane they are about to get on."
Maher was doing a general critique of the news media he said. "Fox is for conservatives, MSNBC is for liberals, CNN is for airports."
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)In line with their planned diversion to Winnipeg, the pilots were already descending through 35,000 feet (11,000 m)[2] when the second engine shut down. They immediately searched their emergency checklist for the section on flying the aircraft with both engines out, only to find that no such section existed.[3] Captain Pearson was an experienced glider pilot, which gave him familiarity with flying techniques almost never used by commercial pilots. To have the maximum range and therefore the largest choice of possible landing sites, he needed to fly the 767 at the "best glide speed". Making his best guess as to this speed for the 767, he flew the aircraft at 220 knots (410 km/h; 250 mph). First Officer Maurice Quintal began to calculate whether they could reach Winnipeg. He used the altitude from one of the mechanical backup instruments, while the distance traveled was supplied by the air traffic controllers in Winnipeg, measuring the distance the aircraft's echo moved on their radar screens. The aircraft lost 5,000 feet (1,500 m) in 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi), giving a glide ratio of approximately 12:1.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
JimDandy
(7,318 posts)according to an expert(?) on the BBC a couple days ago.
I imagine that long of a glide is achievable only if the engines fail at or near the plane's max altitude.
GeorgeGist
(25,321 posts)science could change.
Silent3
(15,219 posts)...to support avionics and fly-by-wire flight controls once all engines are dead.
hack89
(39,171 posts)Silent3
(15,219 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)S.T. rugle big time
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)They must believe the Conservative half of the audience is ignorant and needs explaining. They are probably right!
edgineered
(2,101 posts)Lets fly upside-down and fall up!
Brother Buzz
(36,440 posts)malaise
(269,031 posts)Jgarrick
(521 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)......they only carry one story. Jeff Zucker moved from NBC's entertainment division to head CNN and now they're a pure ratings player. Very sad indeed.