American Airlines Flight 742 "flight control system" problems
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From: fort sheridan, il
white knight you are right
boys and girls...situational awareness...flying along, airspeed normal, altitude constant, power setting normal, pitch normal for speed at cruise.
I was once in a plane with a moron captain...he didn't have his pitot heat on (i did) and we entered cloud....his airspeed fell off to zero, he started panicing like a little girl.
I said calm down, we are trimmed for level cruise flight with cruise power and no indication of turbulence, I then reached over and turned on his pitot heat.
a few seconds later, everything was fine
and if and i mean IF we had NO accurate airspeed indications I sure wouldn't PULL BACK ON THE STICK
and maybe the LHS pilot should have pressed the I've got it button and pushed forward.
a long time ago in a galaxy far far away we assumed one thing would be wrong and looked for other ways to KNOW what was going on.
boys and girls...situational awareness...flying along, airspeed normal, altitude constant, power setting normal, pitch normal for speed at cruise.
I was once in a plane with a moron captain...he didn't have his pitot heat on (i did) and we entered cloud....his airspeed fell off to zero, he started panicing like a little girl.
I said calm down, we are trimmed for level cruise flight with cruise power and no indication of turbulence, I then reached over and turned on his pitot heat.
a few seconds later, everything was fine
and if and i mean IF we had NO accurate airspeed indications I sure wouldn't PULL BACK ON THE STICK
and maybe the LHS pilot should have pressed the I've got it button and pushed forward.
a long time ago in a galaxy far far away we assumed one thing would be wrong and looked for other ways to KNOW what was going on.
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From: Correr es mi destino por no llevar papel
Originally Posted by BOAC
Maybe then we can return to "American Airlines Flight 742 "flight control system" problems"
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From: Australia
Airbus 330 Memory item checklist for Stall Warning says:--
"-Nose down pitch control --- Apply
This will reduce the Aoa"
Couldn't be clearer.
Next.
"-Nose down pitch control --- Apply
This will reduce the Aoa"
Couldn't be clearer.
Next.
Last edited by nitpicker330; 27th April 2013 at 12:17.
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