The Cellar - View Single Post - March 7, 2007: Plane barely survives 20,000 feet freefall

Elspode · 03-07-2007, 03:34 PM

I once saw Bob Hoover do a ten minute power-management flight demo (translation: flying with the engines off) in a Rockwell AeroCommander, which I think may have been a predecessor, or at least a pretty close copy, of this aircraft. These things are *awesome* planes.

There's no way these guys won a lottery. They used up their entire lifetime supply of luck surviving this.

03-07-2007, 03:34 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I once saw Bob Hoover do a ten minute power-management flight demo (translation: flying with the engines off) in a Rockwell AeroCommander, which I think may have been a predecessor, or at least a pretty close copy, of this aircraft. These things are awesome planes. There's no way these guys won a lottery. They used up their entire lifetime supply of luck surviving this. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog