Return-Path: Received: from mta5.snfc21.pbi.net ([206.13.28.241]) by ns1.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-64832U3500L350S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Tue, 10 Oct 2000 01:46:22 -0400 Received: from pacbell.net ([209.79.182.89]) by mta5.snfc21.pbi.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.2000.01.05.12.18.p9) with ESMTP id <0G2700D9G9C5BP@mta5.snfc21.pbi.net> for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Mon, 9 Oct 2000 22:46:06 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 22:52:27 -0700 From: Bob Chesley Subject: Re: stall speed To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Message-id: <39E2AE9B.C4C6A41D@pacbell.net> References: <39E1CCFF.85D605BB@regandesigns.com> X-Mailing-List: lancair.list@olsusa.com Reply-To: lancair.list@olsusa.com Mime-Version: 1.0 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Brent, I particularly appreciated your post on the higher brain function of pilots. It was full of wisdom and insight, among other things ... no, no... I thinking of humor. > Just before the flare, your brain sees the ground rushing past, calculates a > ground speed and transmits that data to you ass where the "seat of the > individuals devoid of higher brain function. snip It reminds me of a favored piece of old doggerel. To wit: Behold the mighty dinosaur, Famous in prehistoric lore. Not only for his power and strength But for his intellectual length. You will observe by these remains The creature had two sets of brains - One in his head (the usual place), The other in his spinal base. Thus he could reason "A priori" As well as "A posteriori." No problem bothered him a bit He made both head and tail of it.... If something slipped his forward mind 'Twas rescued by the one behind. And if in error he was caught He had a saving afterthought. As he thought twice before he spoke he had no judgment to revoke. Thus he could think without congestion Upon both sides of every question.... Written in 1912 by Bert L. Taylor, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. If the Brontrornis had an advantage in landing in gusty conditions, there must have been other factors that led to its demise. I've heard charges that the FAA is archaic. Could it be ......??? Bob Chesley LNC2 - N4YH >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/Users/Mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>