From: gov.shill@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:59:05 -0500, "Scott M. Kozel"    
   wrote:   
      
   >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 ...   
      
   No argument.   
      
   --   
   Shill #2   
      
    Great Tarverisms #3   
      
   No, a flap makes the wing thicker and thereby   
   creates more bernoulli lift.   
      
   John P. Tarver, MS/PE   
      
   rec.aviation.military   
   09 January 2003   
      
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