I use the same thing actually!
That or try and sit next to a really fat person
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Breaking News: French Plane Disappears
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I use the same thing actually!
That or try and sit next to a really fat person
Scoffers
Well-known member
Now the odd on that happening !
crodonilson
He/Him
My best tip is to sit at the back of the plane, I mean how often do you see a plane reverse into a mountain?
Scoffers
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I have a better tip. Don't fly !
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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you try to remember the last time you heard of a trans atlantic crash. i cant think of one since Lockerbie. most aircrahes occur near the ariport or over mountains, transatlantic is very safe relativly. also, you are far more likly to die on the roads than on an airplane.
now, what to think of to make yourself feel safe driving...
Well, lets hope for those at the back. The plane did a nose dive...
I am always trying to work put if a plane can glide to Greenland
I dunno, they must have a nice place to land though?
Ill think ill stick with my using a fatman as an air bag route, where is Mayo going on holiday?
Uncle Buck
Ghost Writer
- Jul 7, 2003
- 28,075
Excellent advice.
"Pressé le button et le screen presenté un billet "
That is as far as I get
It could be a long couple of days
Take the approach Richie does when speaking to his vine yard manager.
Dave the OAP
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Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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Could have been a lighting strike in turbulence apparently. I was on a plane that got struck by lightning last year, loud bang and f***ing scary but I thought planes were insulated these days and the last large plane downed by lightning was, I believe decades ago.
Apparently there are three possibilities at this early time.* It seems the plane suddenly dissappeared with no emergency message, so there was probably either:
1) A catastrophic failure of the aircraft;
2) A terrorist attack; or,
3) A huge big massive lightening strike, big enough to wipe out all of the electronics onboard.
*according to timesonline
Planes work on the Faraday Cage principle. The problem aircraft manufacturers have increasingly is that to limit weight more and more composite materials are being used. Bonding strips are used to "earth" these panels etc but are not that effective against large lightning bolts.
Further to an aircraft gliding, for example 2 b747's one fully loaded one empty at 38000ft both lose their engines above heathrow the lightest will land/crash around Birmingham, the heavy one Inverness area.
I had to do the calculation many years ago when I was doing my HND aeronautics course, part of my aircraft technicians apprenticeship. I wouldn't like to prove it though!
Further to an aircraft gliding, for example 2 b747's one fully loaded one empty at 38000ft both lose their engines above heathrow the lightest will land/crash around Birmingham, the heavy one Inverness area.
I had to do the calculation many years ago when I was doing my HND aeronautics course, part of my aircraft technicians apprenticeship. I wouldn't like to prove it though!
The QM2 takes about 6 days, so he'd have to be one hell of a rower to do it in 5!
Did you PASS the course? It seems odd to me, as a layman, that the HEAVIER one glides FURTHER....