For me the wake-up call was Air Canada 797 Modern aircraft have so much systems redundancy its difficult to justify any CB ... and the hydraulic systems are engineered on much thinner margins than are farm equipment, and virtually all other components ... If it has a fuse, its to protect against a more long-term failure. That isnt always true, but it is a good general rule.. When ... Steve said: I have seen a bit of aircraft wiring and was shocked at how small the margins of safety were...even the nasty ...

NOT a fun system failure, by the way. Torque jumps through the roof and twists the "turbomachinery" all to hell if it feathers ... The sheer genius of aircraft systems never ceases to fascinate and amaze me.. Moon is a Harsh Mistress is one of my favorites. ... For those of you not familiar with aviation euphemisms, both "equipment" and "trucks" here refer to the sort that have flashing ... this was not a propeller going into Beta...it was a failure of one of the components in the system, that detects excursions to ...

Combining the QUICK GET IN AND BUCKLE UP! panel with the THE SHED--ITS ON FIRE! one, we see that the aircraft registration ... writing systems. *deliberate language change or retention such as politically motivated dialectical divergence, or legislated ... The controller immediately dispatches emergency equipment and asks the CRJ pilot if he needs any specific assistance. ... with their first manned launch broadcast live on television and no chance to hide their failures. Consequently, I believe the ...