Split Microsoft into two companies, one for the OS and one for apps. Then the apps company could do what's best for it without having to protect the Windows monopoly.
I'll tell the justice department. They'll love it!
Needless to say, the plane was forced to land b/c the engine was severly damaged.
If you're referring to the Northwest 727 in Florida in the latter 1980's, the right engine actually separated from the aircraft after the blue ice went through it.
If you're really after the earthquake stuff, just read 'Basin and Range' and 'Assembling California.' (two of the four books that make up 'Annals of the Former World').
In these books, McPhee travels I-80 with a geologist who's an expert in the area they're covering. Each book is about the geology, the geologist, and the road trip. Great read, and you'll end up learning something, whether you intend to or not.
According to the specs, the 747-400ER has a maximum takoff weight of 910,000 lbs.
Max gross weight is not a measure of the strength of an airframe - the maximum load factor, expressed in "G's" is.
An aerobatic aircraft has a design load limit of at least 6G's (structural damage) and ultimate load limit of at least 9G's (structural failure).
A 747-200 has a design load limit of +2.5 to -1.0 G's (flaps up), and more importantly, +2.0 to 0.0 G's flaps down, which is the configuration you'd need to be in to fly a whale at reasonable speed for firefighting and turn radius. A steady state 45 degree banked turn generates 1.4 G's, and that's without any turbulance or 'PULL UP!' added in.
The 747 is a great airplane, but this is not what it was designed for by any means - either aerodynamically or structurally.
Useless ego-boosting footnote - I saw the first 747 on it's first flight. It was a big deal back then.
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I'll tell the justice department. They'll love it!
I constantly get stuck behind people that annoy me.
Einstein was wrong. Apparently, there is a 'center of the universe.'
that he's not mature enough to be ashamed of his driving. Flame me if you've ridden for 20 years accident free.
You've got Abu Ghraib!
If you're referring to the Northwest 727 in Florida in the latter 1980's, the right engine actually separated from the aircraft after the blue ice went through it.
Brings new meaning to 'losing an engine.'
If you're really after the earthquake stuff, just read 'Basin and Range' and 'Assembling California.' (two of the four books that make up 'Annals of the Former World').
In these books, McPhee travels I-80 with a geologist who's an expert in the area they're covering. Each book is about the geology, the geologist, and the road trip. Great read, and you'll end up learning something, whether you intend to or not.
Fusion. Real Soon Now.®
There's a lot more detail in the Discover article - it looks like this process could be a big deal. Enough to make us tree-huggers wet our pants.
they can't be using a flat screen. (sucks in gut, sighs)
Darl were Gambian.
After: The three most dangerous things you can hear at Evergreen...
Max gross weight is not a measure of the strength of an airframe - the maximum load factor, expressed in "G's" is.
An aerobatic aircraft has a design load limit of at least 6G's (structural damage) and ultimate load limit of at least 9G's (structural failure).
A 747-200 has a design load limit of +2.5 to -1.0 G's (flaps up), and more importantly, +2.0 to 0.0 G's flaps down, which is the configuration you'd need to be in to fly a whale at reasonable speed for firefighting and turn radius. A steady state 45 degree banked turn generates 1.4 G's, and that's without any turbulance or 'PULL UP!' added in.
The 747 is a great airplane, but this is not what it was designed for by any means - either aerodynamically or structurally.
Useless ego-boosting footnote - I saw the first 747 on it's first flight. It was a big deal back then.
Exactly. Which is why our next reactors will have only infallible humans operating them.
Oh, wait.... our next reactors will have only infallible computers operating them.
Dang! Wait... our next computers will have only infallible humans programming them.
Wait...
A great read is David Grinspoon's 'Venus Revealed.' Interesting, funny, and the inspiration for my lame sig.
The simple way to remember it is that a knot is about a mile per hour, but more expensive.