And lets not forget to mention the engineers that designed a plane that doesn't fall apart when it gets wet in the wash.
:-) The media here in Perth are making a big deal about it because a local lass was the only Aussie on board. Doesn't hurt that she's easy on the eye's either. Cheers, Dave 2009/1/17 Ken Waller <[email protected]>: > It was a stroke of good luck/grace of god that the plane came to rest almost > in the path of the New York to New Jersey commuter ferries. The ferries have > low bows that greatly assisted in the survivors climbing onboard. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph McAllister" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OT - No More Plane > > >> >> On Jan 16, 2009, at 11:43 , John Francis wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:27:28PM -0500, frank theriault wrote: >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 1:09 PM, jtainter <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> "Apparently flew into a flock of geese and got bird strikes on both >>>>> engines just after take-off" >>>>> >>>>> No doubt Frank will feel vindicated to know that the birds may have >>>>> been Canada Geese. >>>> >>>> I was thinking exactly that thing as I read the story in the paper >>>> this morning. Quite the amazing job that pilot did, guiding the >>>> aircraft to a safe landing in the drink with no engines. He's a hero. >>> >>> That's pretty much the slant on the news stories out here, too. >>> Of course the fact that he's a bay area local with a long history >>> of service (including teaching emergency safety techniques) helps. >> >> >> From listening to all the expert talking heads on the tube today, it looks >> like what this Captain had was instinct to know he could not make it to any >> airport safely, and the ability and presence of mind to treat this as a >> normal but wheels up landing. That's what "the book" calls for. The crew >> stayed calm which kept the passengers reasonably calm. >> >> Also have to hand it to the pilots of all those boats for doing the right >> thing getting the folks on board and inside where it's warm and sheltered >> ASAP. >> >> There will be hundreds of stories to come out of this in the next few >> months. I look forward to the minutia that is a part of all this. I did the >> photography of more than one crash while in the Navy and became interested >> in the science of accident investigation. >> >> Best to all involved... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
