2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum

GLD 378.35

+2.7%

4:00 PM EST

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: elmatador who wrote (51462)	6/17/2009 5:30:48 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (4) of 217646

It will be interesting to finally learn the sequence of failures on the Airbus. I think it's easy to predict that this crash will greatly change how composite materials are used in all aircraft, in place of aluminum and titanium. This event has also highlighted the many other Airbus flights which have been endangered or brought to a catastrophic end by the inelegant way the Airbus fly-by-wire system fails. This is particularly important as the Airbus A330 has both the power and the fragility to be able to fracture it's own structure if controlled incorrectly even in calm weather conditions. Airbus has been the most aggressive in both of these areas, so will have the most retrofitting to do. "Engineering" and "aggressive" are not easily compatible concepts, which again brings up memory of the de Havilland Comets. en.wikipedia.org The very worst thing that can happen is to attribute this crash to peripheral events like weather and pilots, until after several more Airbus failures make addressing the design problem with composites and computers unavoidable. This is the lesson of the de Havilland Comets. The photo of the interior bulkhead recovered, and the rumored state of the bodies recovered, makes it very likely that the aircraft fractured in flight. .

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next