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On Aug 11, 2:44*pm, "Peter Dohm" wrote:
"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message ... 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 -------------------- Or, to put it in a grossly understated way, the part of the envelope where you would write "Attn: *Whomever" is likely to get your attention! You put the return (to sender) address on the left side or sometimes the backside... How apropos. Cheers |
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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 |
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