From: kozelsm@comcast.net   
      
   Government Shill #2  wrote:   
   >   
   > Groundhog wrote:   
   >   
   >> At what elevation   
   >   
   > Elevation?   
   >   
   >> can a pilot no longer float a jet down the way the   
   >> pilot on this flight did?   
   >   
   > Do you mean glide? Given an otherwise serviceable aircraft, a pilot can   
   > glide a jet all the way down. From any altitude.   
      
   Nevertheless, IMHO the flight deck and cabin crew in the above incident   
   did a -superb- job ...   
      
      
   > Shill #2   
   >   
   >  Great Tarverisms #1   
   >   
   >> The Air Speed Indicator (ASI) shows   
   >   
   > You made that up, didn't you?   
   >   
   > The IAS indicator says IAS, not ASI.   
   >   
   > Why do you come here pretending to know something   
   > when you don't even know the words?   
   >   
   > John   
      
   Splaps Boy's assessment of why TWA 800 crashed --   
      
   "The flight crew was electricuted by the electrical fault of 140 ampres   
   of three phase under the flight deck floor".   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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