On Mon, 07 Jun 2004 05:27:35 GMT, "Capt.Doug"
wrote:

"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.


The one and only Douglas Commercial-1 prototype put up to TWA to
counter Boeing's 247, was not exactly responsive to TWA's spec for a
3-engine plane. But the DC-1 did lead to 20 orders for the DC-2

Brian W