Re: airplane safety
From: mitch perkins (mitchsperkins_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/26/04
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Date: 26 Aug 2004 00:17:24 -0700
johngrahamiv@netscape.net (johng) wrote in message news:<7ad646c2.0408241609.15c18f5f@posting.google.com>...
> here's a couple ideas i would like feedback on. one, a parachute
> large enough to bring down a plane safely if the pilot could manuever
> the plane to almost a complete stop. two is a passenger module which
> can be completely ejected from the rest of the plane, and parachuted.
<http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99845.htm>
"In the US, each year there are about 40,000 deaths per year in
automobile
accidents vs. about 200 in air transport."
Ever watch a Winston - oops - Nextel Cup stockcar race? Or, more to
the point, a Nextel Cup stockcar *crash*? Five-point harness,
roll-cage, head and neck restraints. Raise the highway speed-limit to
200+ mph!
"It would cost too much."
Apparently, we'd rather pay in family members than dollars. I say
"we", though the stats are US and I'm Canadian; the ratio is the same,
only with healthcare and no gun. :?b
Mitch
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