Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 10/01/01
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 10:45 am
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Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 10/01/01In a message dated 10/02/2001 1:54:08 AM Central Daylight Time, pietenpol-list-digest(at)matronics.com writes:<< Tom, Not to be one of those people, but two friends who fly/flew 747's (one retired) said they CAN fly themselves. They trottle up (hands off) rotate, climb to altitude , at their destination,power back and land. There was a show on TV awhile back where they showed it on tape. The two pilots had their hands behind their head, and you saw the throttles ease back to decend, line up with the runway, touch down,and even watched the throttles go to reverse thrusters. It was amazing. any 747 pilots out there that can confirm this? walt ----- Original Message -----
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Re: Pietenpol-List Digest: 10 Msgs - 10/01/01In a message dated 10/02/2001 1:54:08 AM Central Daylight Time, pietenpol-list-digest(at)matronics.com writes:<< Tom, Not to be one of those people, but two friends who fly/flew 747's (one retired) said they CAN fly themselves. They trottle up (hands off) rotate, climb to altitude , at their destination,power back and land. There was a show on TV awhile back where they showed it on tape. The two pilots had their hands behind their head, and you saw the throttles ease back to decend, line up with the runway, touch down,and even watched the throttles go to reverse thrusters. It was amazing. any 747 pilots out there that can confirm this? walt ----- Original Message -----