Anonymous-0
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Here's to the pilot who successfully landed the Airbus 320 in the middle of the Hudson River, in NYC, WITH NO LOSS OF LIFE!
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Just seen it on TV ... WOW .. The Pilot and crew and passagers were CALM about this...
I went to jet engine school [ in service ] and the biggest thing is BIRDS .. the jets fins are so close that there is no room for birds... they break the fins and the fins break other fins and it keeps going that way till nothing is left...
Mark
I went to jet engine school [ in service ] and the biggest thing is BIRDS .. the jets fins are so close that there is no room for birds... they break the fins and the fins break other fins and it keeps going that way till nothing is left...
Mark
cadet trooper
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WASN'T THAT ASWESOME?!!!! Gives a new meaning to an old Air Force term we used to use "Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing." My hat's off to that dude or dudette!!!
Anonymous-0
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ya but just watch some low life on the plane will try and sue the h--- out of him for something like they got there feet wet.
cadet trooper
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To some of you past jet engine mechanics have you seen the Discovery episode where GE was testing the engines for the new Boeing 7XX can't remember the number but when they were testing the engines they were throwing everything known to man at the intake fan at full power including frozen chickens even rocks Yes I said rocks and then six 2" fire hoses into it some of the fins came off but laid in the bottom of the cowling there wasn't even a puff of smoke coming out the exhaust. Unfortunately the engines on the 320 Airbus use Mercedes Fanjets.
Anonymous-0
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Darned lucky he got out and over to that river from LaGuardia, can't see where it was in relation to the GWB, think they said it was around midtown. Last time in Nov '01, one went down in Rockaway, Queens, not so lucky, real glad to hear all are safe, tide comes up the Hudson, it's definitely got some current to it, but mild compared if that thing set down in the East River, on the other side of Manhattan, the current there is absolutely unreal depending on the tide, I've seen ships fighting that current while driving the FDR, just looks like they are standing still.
Anonymous-0
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Also looks like he dumped it right at the ferry crossing, which also played in the rescue. Kudos also to the passengers, who remained calm, and allowed women and children go first!
teddy52food
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That is what I was thinking. Make it retractable like curved spears that come to a point and when the plane is above where birds fly it would be out of the way of the air flow. I think I should get a patent on my idea. What do you think?
Anonymous-0
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Don't you mean our idea? $$$$$
Just a kiddin
Just a kiddin
Anonymous-0
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Thinking Back to 1962 i was taking off a starting air hose (4 inch) off #3 engine on a
B-52H At K.I. Sawyer at Marquette Mich, Pilot got them all started and reved the throttles a little and i lost my line badge and a paper sticking out of my fatigue shirt pocket. i sure let him know i was still under that engine pod. the latch stuck on the hose. i was about 3 feet back under from the intake. Gene
B-52H At K.I. Sawyer at Marquette Mich, Pilot got them all started and reved the throttles a little and i lost my line badge and a paper sticking out of my fatigue shirt pocket. i sure let him know i was still under that engine pod. the latch stuck on the hose. i was about 3 feet back under from the intake. Gene
HENRY E NC
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Naturally he was a fighter pilot. Cool and calm man. Knew what he was doing. Even landed close to shore for fast help. Check out his background as a safety consultant . I'll bet he'll have a lot of calls now. Henry
Anonymous-0
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I'm not an aero engineer but a screen would likely ice up and would have to be very strong and close knit to absorb the impact of a bird.
A 320 has a ditch feature that seals all openings to the out side on the body of the jet. All most water tight. Just think of the engines in the water while moving with all that drag without flipping. He Flew F 4s. Water was the right choice. Need to have a goose reduction program on the meadow lands not the Giants.
Anonymous-0
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It takes an act of congress to get permission to kill geese. They are an out of control nuisance but officials don't want to use the K--- method to reduce the numbers. Maybe now.
The Russkies have sort of guards over their MiG and Suhkoi fighter intakes....I am sure they have on other aircraft as well. I think it was on the Military Channel I watched a segment.....where the film crew visited a Russian air base. It was a pathetic sight compared a US base. Grass and weeds growing in cracks down the runway....junk laying all around. The military runways on US bases get walked everyday....looking for any odd bits of junk that might be ingested. Over there....they just put a guard over the intakes. I don"t recall if it retracts after take off....or not.
I also have an old friend who was some sort of ground crew back in the 50"s.....F86"s and F100"s. He told me they fed some kind of abrasive into the intakes to clean the innards......I think it was ground walnut shells.
I also have an old friend who was some sort of ground crew back in the 50"s.....F86"s and F100"s. He told me they fed some kind of abrasive into the intakes to clean the innards......I think it was ground walnut shells.
Roy in georgia
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I heard it reported he was the last one off and went back in a couple times after everyone was on the boats to make sure all had gotten out, that is the type of neighbor I want. He should be rewarded in some way because he was truly concerned for his passengers.
Glen D Anderson
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I'd say he deserves every bit of his paycheck and then some!
According to Cincinnati TV News the engines were built in the GE Evendale plant inside the I-275 loop. GE was sending their own team to investigate the engine problem. Part of the GE Evendale plant was built as the Wright Aeronautical Corporation and made engines for the B-29 during WW2.
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