... Video Drive-In September 2008 Newsletter G'Day World War 2 plane fans --- You’re invited to drop by Zeno's Drive-In ... Of special interest is the detailed depiction of the development of glider transport and doctrine. Great footage of 82nd & 101st Division paratroopers....-codecs.com/download/real_Alternative.htm Online Videos: Hot A-26 Invaders, Torpedo Planes, D-Day Paratroopers & more

... You must be mistaken - I've been told planes can't just drop out of the sky ... in uk.r.d by countless people that a plane cannot just drop straight out of the sky if ... operation all these forces are in balance. Of course gliders have no engine, so they get their equivalent of ... a couple of hundred feet in a properly designed glider, or a few thousand feet for an aircraft with ...

...> wrote: You must be mistaken - I've been told planes can't just drop out of the sky from engine(s)...>> maintain (or increase) altitude. Without power, an aeroplane becomes a glider. It does not 'drop out of the sky'. It glides slowly ...apart from the work "slowly". These aricraft aren't designed as gliders, so their unpowered glide slope is anything but slow or gentle...

...com> wrote: You must be mistaken - I've been told planes can't just drop out of the sky from engine(s) ...> maintain (or increase) altitude. Without power, an aeroplane becomes a glider. It does not 'drop out of the sky'. It glides slowly ..., apart from the work "slowly". These aricraft aren't designed as gliders, so their unpowered glide slope is anything but slow or gentle. To...

....individual.net>, Conor <conor_turton@hotmail.com> wrote: You must be mistaken - I've been told planes can't just drop out of the sky from engine(s) failure. Totally true. Why ...? Power enables an aeroplane to maintain (or increase) altitude. Without power, an aeroplane becomes a glider. It does not 'drop out of the sky'. It glides slowly downwards. Unless the pilot lets the ...

GB wrote: The story of the Gimli Glider isn't a new one to most folks here, ... to its direction of travel. Such forward-slip maneuvers are sometimes used on small planes and gliders, but the curve-ballish air acrobatics were unheard of with a jumbo jet. (Has ...can you say *concrete*? Big snip. ....As for the Gimli Glider herself, the twenty-four year old 767 remains an active part...

... were aggravated by heavy rain and ice. I wouldn't dare speculate on the cause of the crash but conditions were certainly unpleasant. The occupants of the aircraft were well known in the industry and will be missed. I've seen 2000 fpm rates of climb in a glider in relatively tame wave off the Mount Lofty ranges. God knows what you'd get off the Great Divide in 40+ knots. Coop

..., but no others.. Mike P that makes two Gimli Glider - damn they were luck - compared to your example Indeed, but in ... circs, I would have rather taken my chances and stayed on the plane TBH. There's always a reasonable chance if it's under control....'t drown if we have to ditch. The facts are usually that planes "ditch" at such speeds that they are utterly pointless I'd ...

... structures in a wide variety of aircraft types. From the first all-composite kit plane released in 1957, composites are widespread today in commercial aircraft and many other aircraft types. ... composite materials. This includes most of the mainline jet fleet, effectively all sailplanes and gliders, many popular general aviation aircraft, and a third of the growing amateur-built aircraft ...

... news:bf8a412e-1bc8-4736-88c2- fea60d761...@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com: He's an Australian AND flies planes doesn't he? The broadband thing is an aside!  If it's an 'aside', ...done well for himself as a business person AND can afford and enjoy to fly an aircraft be it a glider or motorized aircraft AND seek to denigrate the original poster, then all I can say is you are a ...