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Eta crashed
Hi!
Eta had an inflight fuselage breakage during spin tests. More (in german) on http://www.mainpost.de/mainfranken/m...t/6048,2371565. html?fCMS=de3beaa38036aaaf2051952ede286a6c bye Erich Kohlenberger |
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Here's a link to an AltaVista Babel Fish German-to-English
translation: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...l=http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.mainpost.de%2Fmainfranken%2Fmellrichstadt%2Fm ellrichstadt%2F6 048%2C2371565.html%3FfCMS%3Dde3beaa38036aaaf205195 2ede286a6c&lp=de _en&tt=url [must be all on one line] Yes, it reads sort of funny, but you can get the gist of it: The aft fuselage broke during a spin recovery tests towards type certification. Two people on board, both parachuted safely and later helped recover the aircraft. Bob K. |
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Erich Kohlenberger wrote:
Eta had an inflight fuselage breakage during spin tests. So it didn't "crash", but broke up during a test flight, not the same in my opinion. (You should have become a journalist!) Still far from perfect, though. Stefan |
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At 15:06 02 October 2003, Stefan wrote:
Erich Kohlenberger wrote: Eta had an inflight fuselage breakage during spin tests. So it didn't 'crash', but broke up during a test flight, not the same in my opinion. (You should have become a journalist!) Still far from perfect, though. Stefan Big pile of bits all over the ground - I'd call that a 'crash' not a 'landing' :-) Rob |
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From Websters Dictionary online:
Main Entry: 1crash Pronunciation: 'krash Function: verb Etymology: Middle English crasschen Date: 15th century transitive senses 1 a : to break violently and noisily At 15:06 02 October 2003, Stefan wrote: Erich Kohlenberger wrote: Eta had an inflight fuselage breakage during spin tests. So it didn't 'crash', but broke up during a test flight, not the same in my opinion. (You should have become a journalist!) Still far from perfect, though. Stefan |
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"Stefan" wrote in message ... Erich Kohlenberger wrote: Eta had an inflight fuselage breakage during spin tests. So it didn't "crash", but broke up during a test flight, not the same in my opinion. Boy! Talk about "spin", Erich should be working for the government. There is a distinction here that I fail to get. From what little information we have, it apparently broke up in flight, the occupants bailed out, and then gravity took its natural course until the failed airframe (crashed, fell, bumped, decellerated, sprinkled, oopsied) into/onto the surface of the earth. Help me with the finer points of English please; how is this not a crash? (You should have become a journalist!) Still far from perfect, though. Yes; much less than perfect. We all lose a bit when this stuff happens and I wish these people the very best. Vaughn Stefan |
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"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message ... "Stefan" wrote in message ... .. Boy! Talk about "spin", Erich should be... Sorry, got the name wrong, should have been "Stefan". Vaughn |
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Enough already, I thought the acid test was a landing that one walks
away from, and these intrepid airmen did this, I gather, hand in hand. Sounds like a hard landing to me. BJ Stewart Kissel wrote: From Websters Dictionary online: Main Entry: 1crash Pronunciation: 'krash Function: verb Etymology: Middle English crasschen Date: 15th century transitive senses 1 a : to break violently and noisily At 15:06 02 October 2003, Stefan wrote: Erich Kohlenberger wrote: Eta had an inflight fuselage breakage during spin tests. So it didn't 'crash', but broke up during a test flight, not the same in my opinion. (You should have become a journalist!) Still far from perfect, though. Stefan |
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It didn't crash, it made a landing with less than optimal amounts of control
input/response. FWIW, I'm with Stephan, if I see "crash" I assume that someone was at the controls when the integration of the aircraft components became suboptimal for future use. "Stewart Kissel" wrote in message ... From Websters Dictionary online: Main Entry: 1crash Pronunciation: 'krash Function: verb Etymology: Middle English crasschen Date: 15th century transitive senses 1 a : to break violently and noisily At 15:06 02 October 2003, Stefan wrote: Erich Kohlenberger wrote: Eta had an inflight fuselage breakage during spin tests. So it didn't 'crash', but broke up during a test flight, not the same in my opinion. (You should have become a journalist!) Still far from perfect, though. Stefan |
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Okay, we can call any sort of "event" we choose. According to articles I=
have read, the things cost more the $1 million US to build. Will the ma= nufacturer be able to absorb this sort of hit? |
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