Comments on: Long Odds Search for Black Boxes http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/ [Please go to 'Settings' to change your Tagline] Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:24:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Miles O'Brien http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Miles O'Brien Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:29:49 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-272 Not a bad idea i suppose. Wonder if anyone else can weigh in? I still like real time telemetry as the real solution. Not a bad idea i suppose. Wonder if anyone else can weigh in? I still like real time telemetry as the real solution.

]]> By: sactom http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-269 sactom Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:41:09 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-269 Miles, Here is the photo of the tail I was referring to in my earlier post. This appears to be the whole tail assembly judging from its size & the paint job. http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7363,00.html#4_0 A question: Wouldn't it be a good idea to place the flight recorder inside the composite tail/vertical stabilizer? In this case it would have floated to the surface for easy recovery. Dactom Miles, Here is the photo of the tail I was referring to in my earlier post. This appears to be the whole tail assembly judging from its size & the paint job.

http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7363,00.html#4_0

A question: Wouldn’t it be a good idea to place the flight recorder inside the composite tail/vertical stabilizer? In this case it would have floated to the surface for easy recovery.

Dactom

]]> By: Miles O'Brien http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Miles O'Brien Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:20:18 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-264 The key question is this: How close was the rudder/vertical stabilizer to the other wreckage? If it was close to the tail section of the fuselage, then it probably off when it hit the water. If it was far away, you could be right about the parallel to AA 587. The key question is this: How close was the rudder/vertical stabilizer to the other wreckage? If it was close to the tail section of the fuselage, then it probably off when it hit the water. If it was far away, you could be right about the parallel to AA 587.

]]> By: sactom http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-261 sactom Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:50:13 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-261 Miles, I just saw a picture of the tail section which was found floating in the ocean. It looks big enough to be the WHOLE tail! Could this be a repeat of the airbus crash in NYC several years ago? That crash was blamed on the pilot using too much rudder control which caused the tail to separate from the fuselage. As I recall, the rudder was made of composite materials & was affixed to the fuselage by a small number of bolts. Does the AB330 also have a composite tail? My guess is it does since it was found floating on the surface. Sactom Miles, I just saw a picture of the tail section which was found floating in the ocean. It looks big enough to be the WHOLE tail! Could this be a repeat of the airbus crash in NYC several years ago? That crash was blamed on the pilot using too much rudder control which caused the tail to separate from the fuselage. As I recall, the rudder was made of composite materials & was affixed to the fuselage by a small number of bolts. Does the AB330 also have a composite tail? My guess is it does since it was found floating on the surface.

Sactom

]]> By: Miles O'Brien http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Miles O'Brien Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:03:12 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-259 the black boxes? they are dense so they can survive the crash. Masking them float would be tricky. the black boxes? they are dense so they can survive the crash. Masking them float would be tricky.

]]> By: John Knope http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-250 John Knope Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:49:52 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-250 Makes me wonder, could these one day be designed to float? Makes me wonder, could these one day be designed to float?

]]> By: Miles O'Brien http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Miles O'Brien Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:31:44 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-246 Done! Sorry. Done! Sorry.

]]> By: pixelsmart http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-243 pixelsmart Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:10:54 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-243 Miles, Please add links to your graphics so we can view the full size originals. Several of your current graphics are totally unreadable. Dan, ( and best of luck in this new venture ) Miles,

Please add links to your graphics so we can view the full size originals.

Several of your current graphics are totally unreadable.

Dan,
( and best of luck in this new venture )

]]> By: Miles O'Brien http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Miles O'Brien Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:15:46 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-237 airlines have been slow to integrate GPS believe it or not. airlines have been slow to integrate GPS believe it or not.

]]> By: jetmang http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/2009/06/03/long-odds-search-for-black-boxes/comment-page-1/#comment-232 jetmang Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:52:26 +0000 http://trueslant.com/milesobrien/?p=809#comment-232 Just heard your blog on 447 where you talked about a possible pitot tube problem. I thought most modern aircraft have GPS equipment on the and wonder why the loss of Pitot tube pressure and resulting loss of air speed indicator the pilot could not just use his GPS for Air speed. I travel by air frequently and carry my Garmin Etrex with me and it furnishes me with both airspeed , direction and altitude information at all times. Dick Just heard your blog on 447 where you talked about a possible pitot tube problem. I thought most modern aircraft have GPS equipment on the and wonder why the loss of Pitot tube pressure and resulting loss of air speed indicator the pilot could not just use his GPS for Air speed. I travel by air frequently and carry my Garmin Etrex with me and it furnishes me with both airspeed , direction and altitude information at all times.

Dick

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