If a tested item failed at 149% of it's required limit - I would consider that to be a winner. The point of having a 150% passing grade is to ensure the item's design exceeds requirements of every day use.

(Written on 2019年 12月 03日)(Permalink)

The excerpt of this article on the FlightAware com website says explicitly this was a plane following a "homemade aircraft" and yet the crash involved was not the "home made" craft. Therefore it is irrelevant to bring in "home made" into the conversation. I believe that is clickbait and also poor writing. Also, the term "home made" infers all parts of the plane were home made, as well. The 2nd plane, flown by the students was not manufactured "at home". The Correct term should have been "kit plane", and again, has no place being mentioned in this article. The writer should have reported that the two men in the crash were founders of a charity that inspired teens to fly by putting together a plane from manufactured kits. By making statements regarding "crash" and "homemade plane", it gives search engines irrelevant results to be shown and readers of summarized articles like it was found on FLIGHTAWARE.COM the wrong impressions regarding the true nature of the news reported.

(Written on 2019年 08月 09日)(Permalink)

Putting your head down is not a rule. Various airlines have variations on emergency procedures but they all amount to keeping you safe. In NASA videos of airplane crashes they demonstrated the need to protect your head, whether by bending forward and tilting your head down between your knees or just bending over and covering your head with your arms - either method is practical. If you have a pillow, even resting your head on that is more advisable than just sitting upright like we do riding in a car. Sitting upright invites whiplash, protecting your head protects you from suffering from a severe concussion from crashing into the seat ahead of you during the crash.

(Written on 2019年 07月 13日)(Permalink)

Here i was snickering as i read the story, thinking "over dramatizing events just like those cheap reality shows". Planes are designed to stay flying with only one engine working. Praying for my life? No, I'd be praying the pilots were current with their ratings and training.

(Written on 2019年 07月 13日)(Permalink)

I laugh when I read about people complaining they did not give consent, nor would they ever give permission for the "government" to have such details on them. 40 years ago (circa 1983), I moved into my first apartment right out of college. There I met a neighbor who ran the local DMV office. He gave me a short tour that included a look at their computers. All our DMV info was already digitized at that point, and had been for years. This included our Photo's, SS#, Date of birth, address, Car registration info, Car insurance info, and our biological info (Race, Skin Color, Hair color, Organ donor info, eye color, etc.). Digitizing our info was a necessary part of getting a Drivers License. I have since moved to the South and even here (last seen in 2010) the DMV is taking Digital photos for use in our drivers licenses. The government has had your info digitized a long time and in government databases (if you are under 50) since you were born. Read the fine print in your phone apps, you a

(Written on 2019年 05月 01日)(Permalink)