Originally Posted by
RAT 5
Oh please. I'm not into nitpicking. Get a life.
Well, he said "exactly." When someone does that about a fact of geometry that's only true approximately, I sense it like a disturbance in the force... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror.
Originally Posted by
RAT 5
I used to fly with a captain who flew takeoffs with dung, dung, dung, dung.....i.e. hitting all the centreline lights. You think that's a good idea.
If he was as "exact" as me, the centerline lights would be going between the twin nosewheels and there would be no bumps.
(And, back to the serious side, what does this have to do with the 737 specifically? I find it so weird when I see a question that goes "on the 737/A320..." and it's about something that applies equally to any airplane. I can't think of any examples right now, but I see them all the time on this board.)