"Capt.Doug" wrote in message ...
"pacplyer" wrote in message What's with your MD's crooked elevators
anyway? Everytime the winds blowing it scares us guys with normal tail
feathers. ;-)

Ye of little faith....
The elevators float up and down freely and independently of each other. We
have no control over that. Direct your attention to the inboard tabs on the
elevators for the truth. The tabs are cable operated (the 'dc' in DC-9
stands for 'direct cable'). We can lose all hydraulics and electrical
without affecting the primary flight controls. No Sioux City for us!

D.

Yeah, well on mine the 'dc' stands for 'deathcruiser.' My Skydrol
worshipping pilots always keep a little statuette of the god Hydralis
in their trowser pocket. Legend has it that this ancient custom has
also been linked to hopes of good fertility on layovers (only way to
keep the gene-line going since the cargo doors and engines always blow
up.)

pac