Come now 411A..... With as many planes as they have the chances for accident is much greater just like buying thousands of lottery tickets.
I have seen some of the most seasoned and experienced pilots in the USA that are also flight test DERs wag that damn tail like a trout going up river. Or maybe is it that Boeing's have stronger tails???
I would also think that the rudder attach linkage would be designed such that the rudder departs the airplane before it snaps the whole tail off. Plenty of airplanes been safely landed without a rudder and only tail.
Last edited by 747FOCAL; 27th February 2004 at 01:02.