On Aug 10, 7:15*am, Dudley Henriques wrote:
On Aug 9, 1:47*pm, RST Engineering wrote:

On Sun, 8 Aug 2010 05:05:50 -0700 (PDT), a wrote:

. Remember, fellow aviators, there are demons

lurking near the edges of the envelope.

Or as my first flight instructor told me, "The envelope has airspeed
going horizontal and altitude going vertical. *Pushing the envelope
puts you into the upper right corner of the envelope. *That's also
where the stamp gets cancelled."

Jim

Actually, if the truth be known, not that exceeding the right side
won't get you killed, it's the LEFT side of the envelope that gets
most pilots in trouble. :-))
Dudley Henriques

So true. As far as I know the the real flight "envelope" looks nothing
like an envelope... But the safest place is also on the left side,
drinking tea... ;-)

Cheers