Brian Whatcott wrote:

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:58:29 GMT, Gord Beaman
wrote:


I've heard a Pan or a Mayday, forget which. A light aircraft lost
a prop blade,
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Ok, fine, but how would you rate the number of occurrences of
that to the occurrences of "Ah...Boston Centre...SouthWest flt
908 heavy...ah...we've had an engine fire here, seems to be under
control...we'd like to declare an emergency and divert to..."
(?). Calm, businesslike...

I don't say that it's not 'proper' (it indeed is proper, correct
whatever) BUT it's just not done much.

I recall asking a veteran Delta captain for his moments,
experienced or heard, and he couldn't recall one worth mentioning. He
said.....

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

Yes, certainly speaks well for the reliability of modern
jetliners...hundreds airbourne all the time plugging in thousands
and thousands of hours and you hear of very few incidents. Even
many fewer now than even a few years ago with piston power. I
suppose it's experience in running and maintaining these much
simpler engines plus the availability of exotic materials now.
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-Gord.
(use gordon in email)