kiloalpha
Well-Known Member
SpaceShip One is registered as a glider!How do you log time in the Space Shuttle? Glider?
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=328KF
SpaceShip One is registered as a glider!How do you log time in the Space Shuttle? Glider?
22 posts and not a single Houston we have a problem joke? Sheesh. That is weak fellas.
I think the only thing that could be done is to pucker up. They drop the gear seconds prior to touchdown so there isn't much time for anything. Ceramic tiles probably skid fairly well too.
How do you log time in the Space Shuttle? Glider?
Totally random, but isn't there at least one former Shuttle Commander at SWA?Actually the Houston joke ties in with Southwest.
It's usually where I get turned out so they can go in front of us.
And as I've said before on this forum, anyone who wishes to visit Johnson Space Center, for Jetcareer members, the invitation is open!
Man, I've got to remember that! I've been in Houston a couple times in the last year and a Space Center tour would have been the cat's meow!
There is also a former Shuttle Commander at Delta. He was my Dad's FO sometime in the mid-nineties.
Do shuttle pilots get priority over others? Are minimums not applied or type ratings not required? Or do they go from flying the shuttle to working a regional or buy a 737 type to get on with SWA?
Totally random, but isn't there at least one former Shuttle Commander at SWA?
Totally random, but isn't there at least one former Shuttle Commander at SWA?
Im sure most of you have seen the shuttle landings on TV before. And a few lucky ones in person. The time between gear extension and mains touchdown is a mere 17 seconds. I know the chances of a gear extension failure on the space shuttle are slim to none. But obviously the shuttle is not invincible to failures. I.E. Challenger and Columbia. As well as many other failures im sure, though not leading to such disasters. 17 seconds is a pretty short amount of time to execute any (memorized im sure) checklist for such an event. I wonder what the plan of action is and how many different senarios they run in the simulators for this. Could be interesting having only 2 down with a touchdown speed of about 200 kts. It could happen...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOxZsbyjSb8
Eileen Collins is a DL wife
"So what's your wife do"
"Oh, she flies too"
"She on a trip?"
"Yeah, it's a 2 week trip"
"Oh man, that's a long trip, where's she go?"
"The space station"
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