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LouB

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On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:30:20 -0500, LouB wrote:

Smitty Two wrote:
In article ,
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 19:27:28 -0600, Andy Asberry
wrote:

On Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:02:47 -0800, Smitty Two
wrote:

Interesting. Thanks for the info. Yes, I have a lot of respect for the
pilot, as well. And I still say that any captain with the majors and
tens of thousands of hours in his logbook might well have done the same
thing, and done it well. He did a hell of fine job, but it wasn't the
one-in-a-million miracle that some people insist on believing.

Let's see, 30:1 at 3250 AGL works out to a theoretical maximum glide of
over 18 miles.
I don't believe he would have 30:1 at climb speed.

Airspeed is adjusted with the elevators, so no surprise that the pilot
did the 180 with minimal airspeed in order to preserve altitude. A 180
turn uses up quite a bit of it.
Depends on the rate of turn.
At the speed he was "gliding" significantly less than 20:1 according
to my pilot friend.
How does your friend happen to know the speed the pilot chose?
Chose?? With no power how does he choose?

Lou
He needs to trade, very carefully, altitude for speed vs distance.

The fact he was able to get the right combination speaks volumes about
the man's flying knowlege . Apparently he was just above stall when he
dragged the tail in (nose high, likely on full flaps, or very close) -
and dragging the tail reduced the speed to below stall which allowed
the plane to pancake in virtually level at a low enough speed that it
just tore one engine off it's pilon without significantly turning or
flipping the plane.

I see said the blind man to his deaf wife!

Thanks for the explanations:-))

Lou