[Prospero]

Sounds hairy. Do the Dreamliners regularly fly at 41? I remember riding on one of the original 727’s on a demo flight in 1964, and they took it up to 40, but throughout the service of that model, through the stretch and QC’s, they rarely flew over 36 or 38. Control surfaces start to get mighty thin, mighty fast, way up past the sweet spot. Starts taking a lot more fuel, too.

[Gay State Conservative]

The figure that struck me was 655mph.My understanding is that commercial aircraft seldom exceed 525mph.I certainly could be wrong or the 655 is a misprint.

[JRandomFreeper]

Sounds hairy.

Hairy is picking up fingertips in glove tips and putting them in black garbage bags.

Hairy is large smoking holes.

Landing safely is not hairy. It's good.

/johnny

[QBFimi]

>> Control surfaces start to get mighty thin, mighty fast, way up past the sweet spot.

Yeah, maybe you could ask retired TWA pilot “Hoot” Gibson about that ...

[Red Steel]

The radio transmissions from the United 787 in-flight emergency already uploaded on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jYrkB9pXHA

“Published on Dec 4, 2012 by NYCAviationTV

A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner made an emergency landing in New Orleans on Tuesday after experiencing what the airline called a “mechanical issue” while air traffic control conversations seemed to indicate an electrical problem.”

[USNBandit]

First of all the, media always gets these stories wrong. Second generators make electrical power for the aircraft systems. It isn't for the engines. The generators are run by the engines. Now if I was flying and something goes wrong and I'm thinking of diverting I would probably slow down, go through the checklist, talk to dispatch, and decide on a plan.

The idea that the NYT is using flightaware to report this is hilarious. Surfing the web is a substitute for journalism now.