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Originally posted by Oldrider:

I say this with all due respect and sincerity. You're out of your mind to fly in a helicopter.

Jet Aircraft

There, fixed it. (Well, sort of.. having diff with my edit foo.)

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Originally posted by Oldrider:
I say this with all due respect and sincerity. You're out of your mind to fly in a jet aircraft.

You’re right. I’ll take a train on my next trip to Europe

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Sorry, 30 bucks doesnt cut it.

Because everyone on the plane is standing there alive, without injury, after a mechanical failure at 25,000 feet happens due to the crew acting properly flew and landing the plane safely is underrated.

This is a service industry and this wasn't an act of God like Sully saving everyone after the engines shredded some geese. This is either from the airline flying ancient airplanes, bad parts, or bad mechanics. $30 is a friggin' checked bag fee.

unfortunately thats what people are these days - nothing more than checked baggage

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
Gliders. Sailplanes. They are good; you never have to worry about engine failures or fuel management.

true, but you do have to worry about lift management.

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Originally posted by sns3guppy:
The glider, of course, relies on an engine-powered airplane to get it to an altitude where it can begin to glide, with the exception of a motorglider, which relies on it's own engine.

Well, an external thrust source anyway. When I did the hops and checkride to remove the “Aero tow only” limitation from my commercial glider rating, I was towed aloft by a Chevy Suburban. There is something exhilarating about a rope break at 200’ and roughly 60 degrees nose up...

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Originally posted by nhtagmember:
unfortunately thats what people are these days - nothing more than checked baggage

Not true. Passengers are so much more.

They're self-loading freight.

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Originally posted by Scuba Steve Sig:
This is either from the airline flying ancient airplanes, bad parts, or bad mechanics.

How could you possibly tell that?

New, well-maintained equipment fails, as well. It happens. The age of the airplane isn't particularly relevant. "Bad" parts are a rarity. There's nothing in the video to provide any indication as to the cause of failure. I'm an aircraft mechanic going on four decades...I couldn't tell you what the cause was without more information. What's your inside information?

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Originally posted by slosig:

Well, an external thrust source anyway. When I did the hops and checkride to remove the “Aero tow only” limitation from my commercial glider rating, I was towed aloft by a Chevy Suburban. There is something exhilarating about a rope break at 200’ and roughly 60 degrees nose up...

That's true, and there are also winch launches. Each provides a power power to supply lift, airspeed, and altitude and impart energy to start the show. No free lunch.

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Originally posted by PD:

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Originally posted by Oldrider:
I say this with all due respect and sincerity. You're out of your mind to fly in a jet aircraft.

You’re right. I’ll take a train on my next trip to Europe

Ok, my apologies to those who have to travel by commercial airline for a livelihood.
I've been a passenger on military flights, and in-country helicopters. Those 'copters did me in. I do not want to get higher off the ground than cleaning the leaves out of my gutters.

Back to your regular programming.