Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

DONALD TRUMP IS A CONVICTED FELON. CASE CLOSED.

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- Trump

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

Karma may sometimes be late to arrive.
But it never loses an address.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Some Good Flying

The pilots of UA 497 landed their airplane at New Orleans after they had both smoke in the aircraft and a loss of its primary flight instruments. The airplane was apparently in IFR conditions when it happened.
Posted by on or about 07:57
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3 comments:

Stewart Dean said...

So just turn and bank, airspeed (if that) and altitude? How the dickens did they control the FADEC? Boy, am I looking forward to the blow by blow on this from AW&ST.
Yet, in spite of Gallic Airbus software rules that know better than the pilot, they *were* left with enough to limp home. Thank God it happened so soon after takeoff

4/05/2011 1:14 PM
BadTux said...

As much as I enjoy railing about inappropriate uses of computers (I design the bloody things, I know their limits), I must admit that their designers in automotive and aviation applications do a pretty good job of creating limp-home modes that will at least get you to a safe place before the beast dies. But yeah, that's a situation where I suspect the pilots had to change their undies after the plane came to a stop on the ground ;).

- Badtux the Flightless Penguin

4/06/2011 11:18 AM
Stewart Dean said...

More here:
http://avherald.com/h?article=43a6bc08&opt=0

4/08/2011 8:28 PM

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