[Info-vax] OT: Aircraft pitot tubes and clustering.

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <XeP38aDjjv8o at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
	koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
> In article <7p21noF3sc252U1 at mid.individual.net>, billg999 at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes:
>> 
>> Having just spent 6 months that involved a lot of air travel I can
>> say that I feel the same way regarding Boeing and Airbus but I still
>> felt the safest in the back of a C130 with an Air Force pilot at the
>> controls.
> 
>    C130 are pretty damn good, and so are most Air Force pilots,
>    linesmen, and mechanics, but there are some situations where I 
>    just don't want to wait for those four turboprops to spool up.

Well, we had no problem getting in and out without taking any incoming
fire even though they did deploy countermeasures on one of my landings.
I don't think most people know just how quickly something that big
can not only get on the ground, but also get off the ground.

> 
>    And if you loose redundant hydraulics (double fault), you may hope
>    your Air Force parachute was packed by one of thier best riggers.

I don't really think they carry enough for everyone but if they did I
wouldn't worry too much about who might have packed it.

bill
 

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