Re: AFCA cheap imitation Summary for 09-May-08

On May 12, 10:10 pm, "Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)"
<reunite.gondw...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> It wasn't as dangerous as it might sound.  We had three computers that
> voted two out of three, so pulling the circuit breaker on one computer
> that wasn't working anyway didn't compromise anything.  It was only
> when one of the two remaining computers got odd that we really
> worried.

Hoo boy, now you're got me picturing you using Scotty's accent while
crawling around in the bottom of the cockpit.

> Besides, the F-8C couldn't go much faster than Mach 1.4, going
> downhill, with the wind at its back.  And safety chase was farther
> away than a few feet.  Don't let the movie "Top Gun" fool you; wing
> men don't really fly that close, but they did in the movie to keep
> them in the frame.  Having wing a mile away wouldn't make such great
> footage.
>
> Mary "One of very few errors in the flying scenes."

I was thinking of the air-show teams when I mentioned inches, which
isn't exactly normal usage, either.

/dps