Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!bcstec!voodoo!jdt From: jdt@voodoo.UUCP (Jim Tomlinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: putting a bit of life into those dreary dogfights Message-ID: <1431@voodoo.UUCP> Date: 19 Jun 91 19:21:13 GMT References: <8169@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Organization: BoGART To You Buddy, Bellevue, WA Lines: 11 In article slehar@park.bu.edu (Steve Lehar) writes: >Take her to a pre-determined position, for example 10,000 feet right >over the field, kill the thrust and glide it in using just the flaps >and spoilers. Try this with a 747 (low score buys coffee). Needless to say, with a 747's flight characteristics, you only get one chance! -- Jim Tomlinson BoGART Project Boeing Computer Services Bellevue, WA jdt@voodoo.boeing.com ...uunet!bcstec!voodoo!jdt (206)865-6578 "If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying." - Coleman Hawkins