It is named after its unusual projectile: a whole dead standard-sized chicken, as would be used for cooking. This has been found to accurately "simulate" a fairly large bird (as it actually is one).
They shoot frozen chickens into plane engines for testing.
I think you are thinking of a myth busters episode and not ....um actual NTSB/FAA testing.
And that was bird strike on windshields too, not engines. And on windshields that weren't even rated for bird strike.
Basically that whole episode was loaded with failures.
I frequently find that the case with the show.
They'll "disprove" some myth by completely doing it wrong. and I'll be like, are your typical viewers really this stupid?
Yeah, but they're good at owning up to their mistakes. I think they get caught up in the "fun" aspect of it too often. Plus a lot of the "myths" tend to be pretty weird and difficult to bust in the first place.
Man that is pretty crazy. From the wiki article it sounds like despite the difficulty of the maneuver, pilots had a sentimental love affair with the uniquely challenging approach.
Supposedly the pilot also has a Genius Level IQ and shit. And apparently everything he ever studied prepared him well for this very event.
Pretty much guaranteed that he'll never have one of those "have I wasted my life?" moments ever again.
Seriously... for the rest of his life he can look back at pretty much everything he did leading up to that day and say to himself "Well I may have regretted that at one point but it led me to be the person I was, flying that plane on that day, when it could have been someone else and the results could have been tragedy".
Supposedly the pilot also has a Genius Level IQ and shit. And apparently everything he ever studied prepared him well for this very event.
Pretty much guaranteed that he'll never have one of those "have I wasted my life?" moments ever again.
Seriously... for the rest of his life he can look back at pretty much everything he did leading up to that day and say to himself "Well I may have regretted that at one point but it led me to be the person I was, flying that plane on that day, when it could have been someone else and the results could have been tragedy".
It would be really interesting to hear, in a few years, how he does think of it.
For some reason I imagine he'd say something like "well, I landed the plane." Like he just did what he was supposed to do.
Supposedly the pilot also has a Genius Level IQ and shit. And apparently everything he ever studied prepared him well for this very event.
Pretty much guaranteed that he'll never have one of those "have I wasted my life?" moments ever again.
Seriously... for the rest of his life he can look back at pretty much everything he did leading up to that day and say to himself "Well I may have regretted that at one point but it led me to be the person I was, flying that plane on that day, when it could have been someone else and the results could have been tragedy".
It would be really interesting to hear, in a few years, how he does think of it.
For some reason I imagine he'd say something like "well, I landed the plane." Like he just did what he was supposed to do.
Well the man is pretty much the hero of the hour for the nation, so it's natural to unconsciously ascribe virtues to him that he hasn't displayed (not to say that he doesn't possess them), such as humility.
Supposedly the pilot also has a Genius Level IQ and shit. And apparently everything he ever studied prepared him well for this very event.
Pretty much guaranteed that he'll never have one of those "have I wasted my life?" moments ever again.
Seriously... for the rest of his life he can look back at pretty much everything he did leading up to that day and say to himself "Well I may have regretted that at one point but it led me to be the person I was, flying that plane on that day, when it could have been someone else and the results could have been tragedy".
It would be really interesting to hear, in a few years, how he does think of it.
For some reason I imagine he'd say something like "well, I landed the plane." Like he just did what he was supposed to do.
Well the man is pretty much the hero of the hour for the nation, so it's natural to unconsciously ascribe virtues to him that he hasn't displayed (not to say that he doesn't possess them), such as humility.
Actually, you know what? The man's a pilot. I now doubt humility is one of his traits.
Supposedly the pilot also has a Genius Level IQ and shit. And apparently everything he ever studied prepared him well for this very event.
Pretty much guaranteed that he'll never have one of those "have I wasted my life?" moments ever again.
Seriously... for the rest of his life he can look back at pretty much everything he did leading up to that day and say to himself "Well I may have regretted that at one point but it led me to be the person I was, flying that plane on that day, when it could have been someone else and the results could have been tragedy".
It would be really interesting to hear, in a few years, how he does think of it.
For some reason I imagine he'd say something like "well, I landed the plane." Like he just did what he was supposed to do.
Well the man is pretty much the hero of the hour for the nation, so it's natural to unconsciously ascribe virtues to him that he hasn't displayed (not to say that he doesn't possess them), such as humility.
Actually, you know what? The man's a pilot. I now doubt humility is one of his traits.
An USAF pilot at that. ;-)
I'm sure at the very least that he has excellent self-esteem.
Supposedly the pilot also has a Genius Level IQ and shit. And apparently everything he ever studied prepared him well for this very event.
Pretty much guaranteed that he'll never have one of those "have I wasted my life?" moments ever again.
Seriously... for the rest of his life he can look back at pretty much everything he did leading up to that day and say to himself "Well I may have regretted that at one point but it led me to be the person I was, flying that plane on that day, when it could have been someone else and the results could have been tragedy".
It would be really interesting to hear, in a few years, how he does think of it.
For some reason I imagine he'd say something like "well, I landed the plane." Like he just did what he was supposed to do.
Well the man is pretty much the hero of the hour for the nation, so it's natural to unconsciously ascribe virtues to him that he hasn't displayed (not to say that he doesn't possess them), such as humility.
Actually, you know what? The man's a pilot. I now doubt humility is one of his traits.
An USAF pilot at that. ;-)
I'm sure at the very least that he has excellent self-esteem.
Heck, at this point he's earned the right to be cocky.
Man, that shit's crazier than the approach the Air Force used to get into Kirkuk...and that was to dodge enemy fire.
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I flicked through USA Today's article on this at breakfast today. Apparently it's only the fourth time someone's successfully pulled off a water landing with a modern plane.
Well I'm stuck at the Lansing airport right now working a flight that shouldn't be here. MD 83 made it to about 1000ft and something happened to one of the engines. It's on the ground now and they didn't see any feathers, so they don't think it was a birdstrike. Some of the blades are a little bent but no feathers and they got de-iced so the mechanics are scratching their heads. Hopefully we didn't miss a loose screw when we did the walk around.
What I find funny is that at the moment there's talk of replacing Air Force One. Supposedly the US gov is pissed off with Boeing for some reason so have also requested a tender from Airbus, how funny would it be for Airbus to include a little ditty in the tender along the lines of "unlike Boeing jets ours don't break up on crash landing".
Of course, like all national prestige projects the US gov will never actually choose Airbus in a million years. I think they're doing it to piss off and humiliate Boeing a little.
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What I find funny is that at the moment there's talk of replacing Air Force One. Supposedly the US gov is pissed off with Boeing for some reason so have also requested a tender from Airbus, how funny would it be for Airbus to include a little ditty in the tender along the lines of "unlike Boeing jets ours don't break up on crash landing".
Of course, like all national prestige projects the US gov will never actually choose Airbus in a million years. I think they're doing it to piss off and humiliate Boeing a little.
Actually, they did choose Airbus to replace the aging fleet of airborne tankers for the Air Force. Then Boeing pitched a 4 year old girl's fit over losing the bidding process, and sued to get the contract.
It's nice to see a story that turned out positive. Everyone's alive, the pilot is a hero and it's just nice to get some good news on CNN once in a while.
What I find funny is that at the moment there's talk of replacing Air Force One. Supposedly the US gov is pissed off with Boeing for some reason so have also requested a tender from Airbus, how funny would it be for Airbus to include a little ditty in the tender along the lines of "unlike Boeing jets ours don't break up on crash landing".
Of course, like all national prestige projects the US gov will never actually choose Airbus in a million years. I think they're doing it to piss off and humiliate Boeing a little.
Actually, they did choose Airbus to replace the aging fleet of airborne tankers for the Air Force. Then Boeing pitched a 4 year old girl's fit over losing the bidding process, and sued to get the contract.
Air tankers is one thing, but the plane to carry the president of the USA? It is very much a national prestige thing, I don't see them ever choosing Airbus. The only way I see them choosing Airbus is if all American plane makers suddenly went bankrupt and stopped making those types of planes.
Hell, googling up the tanker thing it looks like it has gone down a shit storm. If they choose Airbus for air force one I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bloody revolution.
Oh, looking up that Airbus tanker thing is quite interesting. Looks like it isn't yet set in stone according to wikipedia:
On June 18, 2008, the United States Government Accountability Office sustained a protest by The Boeing Company on the award of the contract to Northrop Grumman and EADS.[11] The status of the KC-45A is in doubt and the Air Force may have to rebid the contract, potentially reversing their earlier decision.[12]
On 10 September 2008, bidding was canceled. A new competition between the KC-45 and KC-767 (or possibly the KC-777, a 777 derivative which had been considered previously) will be opened sometime in 2009.[13]
Northrop Grummen renamed the A330 the KC-45. (to help explain the above)
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I think you are thinking of a myth busters episode and not ....um actual NTSB/FAA testing.
Basically that whole episode was loaded with failures.
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I frequently find that the case with the show.
They'll "disprove" some myth by completely doing it wrong. and I'll be like, are your typical viewers really this stupid?
Only problem: from now on he will be expected to end every flight with a heroic crash landing.
Dude's set the bar high for the next guy.
My other sig sucks as well...
High5
You guys beat me to it, winning this thread.
Man that is pretty crazy. From the wiki article it sounds like despite the difficulty of the maneuver, pilots had a sentimental love affair with the uniquely challenging approach.
Pretty much guaranteed that he'll never have one of those "have I wasted my life?" moments ever again.
Seriously... for the rest of his life he can look back at pretty much everything he did leading up to that day and say to himself "Well I may have regretted that at one point but it led me to be the person I was, flying that plane on that day, when it could have been someone else and the results could have been tragedy".
It would be really interesting to hear, in a few years, how he does think of it.
For some reason I imagine he'd say something like "well, I landed the plane." Like he just did what he was supposed to do.
Well the man is pretty much the hero of the hour for the nation, so it's natural to unconsciously ascribe virtues to him that he hasn't displayed (not to say that he doesn't possess them), such as humility.
Actually, you know what? The man's a pilot. I now doubt humility is one of his traits.
An USAF pilot at that. ;-)
I'm sure at the very least that he has excellent self-esteem.
Heck, at this point he's earned the right to be cocky.
Man, that shit's crazier than the approach the Air Force used to get into Kirkuk...and that was to dodge enemy fire.
Also:
Of course, like all national prestige projects the US gov will never actually choose Airbus in a million years. I think they're doing it to piss off and humiliate Boeing a little.
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CNN has the video of the crash in the Hudson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9CZivaR0tU
dangit!
Some puppies in the cargo hold also died.
Air tankers is one thing, but the plane to carry the president of the USA? It is very much a national prestige thing, I don't see them ever choosing Airbus. The only way I see them choosing Airbus is if all American plane makers suddenly went bankrupt and stopped making those types of planes.
Hell, googling up the tanker thing it looks like it has gone down a shit storm. If they choose Airbus for air force one I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bloody revolution.
Oh, looking up that Airbus tanker thing is quite interesting. Looks like it isn't yet set in stone according to wikipedia:
Northrop Grummen renamed the A330 the KC-45. (to help explain the above)
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Fix'd that for you. As we all know, the pilot had nothing to do with the safe landing of that plane; it was God's doing.
edit - whoops, got me too, only watched half of it.