XPost: rec.aviation.military, rec.aviation.piloting, alt.usenet.kooks   
   XPost: alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk   
   From: Sm@rt.1   
      
   Eeyore  wrote in   
   news:4792E63C.E29D1E6D@hotmail.com:   
      
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   > user@nouse.org wrote:   
   >   
   >> David T. Ashley wrote:   
   >> > "john bates"  wrote in message   
   >> >   
   >> > c)Glide distance ... If the problem occurred at 600 feet, there   
   >> > isn't very much in the world that will affect glide distance   
   >> > noticeably, except maybe retracting flaps a notch or two.  If the   
   >> > plane is traveling too slow, pitching down to gain a bit of speed   
   >> > will consume altitude (tradeoff of potential energy).  If the plane   
   >> > is traveling too fast, this means it will be traveling too fast   
   >> > near the ground, too, and pitching up near the ground will stretch   
   >> > the glide and bleed off the airspeed so as to delay contact with   
   >> > the ground.  600 feet is too low for any control actions to make   
   >> > that much of a difference in glide distance.   
   >>   
   >> Retracting from landing to go-around flaps will not mortgage the   
   >> profile, on the contary! And it would be instinctive especially   
   >> if no procedure exists.  Every inch counts even if little can be   
   >> gained. Just how far from the runway did they contact?   
   >   
   > About 300m from the threshold..   
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   >   
   >> Whether they could have raised flap is another question.   
   >   
   > I suspect tey may have had other things on their mind in the list of   
   > priorities.   
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   >   
   >> > I'm very curious to know what happened.   
   >>   
   >> I can't see why the investigators cannot come out with a short   
   >> statement. I mean they know what happenned, it's just a matter of   
   >> finding how and why.   
   >   
   > They HAVE.   
      
      
   Bwawhahwhawh1   
      
   Well done cut and paste boi!   
      
      
   Bertie   
      
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