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Author: veritas
Date: Nov 28, 2007 19:59

Do B767's have autopilots?

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Re: Autopilot         


Author: David Bennetts
Date: Nov 28, 2007 20:10

"veritas" coldmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do B767's have autopilots?
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> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

Yes

They're an inflatable version as shown in the movie "Flying High"

Regards

David Bennetts
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Re: Autopilot         


Author: veritas
Date: Nov 28, 2007 22:08

David Bennetts wrote:
>> Do B767's have autopilots?
>> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>
> Yes
>
> They're an inflatable version as shown in the movie "Flying High"

Ah - that explains this story then;

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Qantas pilot collapses in flight
Article from: The Courier-Mail

November 29, 2007 11:32am

THE co-pilot of a Qantas flight carrying 162 passengers to Cairns from
Japan had to *let go of the controls* to help the pilot after he
collapsed on the floor, an air safety report says.
According to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) report into
the July 9 incident, the pilot in command (PIC) got up to go to the
toilet before collapsing.
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Re: Autopilot         


Author: veritas
Date: Nov 29, 2007 01:12

Craig Welch wrote:
> veritas coldmail.com> said:
>
>> David Bennetts wrote:
>>
>>>> Do B767's have autopilots?
>
>>> Yes
>>>
>>> They're an inflatable version as shown in the movie "Flying High"
>>
>> Ah - that explains this story then;
>>
>>
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>> Qantas pilot collapses in flight
>> Article from: The Courier-Mail
>
> Yes, I was amused by the 'had to let go of the controls' line. One
> would imagine that a pilot had to grimly hang onto the 'controls' ...
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Re: Autopilot= real story         


Author: Rob
Date: Nov 29, 2007 01:24

veritas wrote:
> David Bennetts wrote:
>
>>> Do B767's have autopilots?
>
>
>>> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>>
>>
>> Yes
>>
>> They're an inflatable version as shown in the movie "Flying High"
>
>
>
> Ah - that explains this story then;
>
>
> ===========
> Qantas pilot collapses in flight ...
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Re: Autopilot         


Author: Marts
Date: Dec 3, 2007 00:03

veritas wrote...
>> Rather like flying rotary, actually, what?
>>
>
> Exactly......

Didn't know that rotaries actually "flew". Rather, don't they beat the air into
submission?

(yeah, yeah, I know.I stole this line off someone else, ages ago.....)
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