---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 10/31/07: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:46 PM - Re: Lightning flys in Australia (Laurie Hoffman) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:46:47 PM PST US From: Laurie Hoffman Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Lightning flys in Australia Buz Buz Buz, and Brian Brian Brian, You are not listening! I can see that i will have to adopt a fairly technical scientific explanation in order to assist your understanding... Lets pretend that we have a big shovel and that we are really good at digging holes. We start to dig, and dig, and dig, until we get all the way to China. Now by looking down this long hole, or in your case up this big hole (of course you will need a telescope or binoculars for this task)inevitably you will chance upon a Nanchang flying over...or is that under? Irrespective you will at that point see that aircraft operating inverted. However this is but an illusion. Brian, although being a whizz kid when it comes to all things aeronautical and aerospace, neglected his childhood education in geography whereby his teacher would have drummed into him that China (the home of Nanchangs) shares the same hemisphere as the US. The reason for the Nanchang appearing inverted was that through shear coincidence the pilot happened to be passing over our hole while half way through performing an outside loop in preparation for the world aerobatic championships being staged nearby. There had been a delay in commencing the competition because the US aerobatic team had inadvertently ended up somewhere in the southern hemisphere. Now if the hole had been dug through to Australia, you are unlikely to have seen much. Australians have a habit of disposing of all manner of unwanted refuse down the nearest deep hole. But i digress. If you had seen an aircraft flying you would be overcome by such admiration for and envy of the magnificent piloting skills being demonstrated. It would very soon be apparent that that pilot could happily place his aircraft in any attitude at his whim and that he wasnt bound by banal concepts of negative gravity. You realise that this land that you have spied is the real mecca for pilots where everywhere else in the world is just somewhere down under you. Failing to notice the words 'US Aerobatic Team' appear in small print along the fuse of that aircraft, you finally accept the unchallangeable notion that the land of Oz is indeed the place to be and the attitude to have. I believe I have quite effectively straightened you out on you false notions now Buz. If you still require confirmation I will happily launch into an equally scientific explanation of how your bath water circulates the wrong way down the plug hole compared to ours up here, in a later instalment. Laurie Sydney --- Brian Whittingham wrote: > > Buz, You may be right. Ever seen a Nanchang CJ-6 > AI? It's got blue on bottom and brown on top. What > about this Mig Attitude Indicator? No wonder you > F-4 boys could get on their tails, how do they know > which way is up? > > > From: N1BZRich@aol.comDate: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 > 11:39:26 -0400Subject: Re: Lightning-List: Lightning > flys in AustraliaTo: lightning-list@matronics.com > > Hey Laurie, > How's it going 'down under'? Haven't heard from > you for a while, but I have been wondering - when > landing, do you put your gear up or down? For an > inside loop do you pull or push? When you drain > your tank sumps, does the fuel fall to the ramp or > go all over the bottom of the wing? Or maybe your > tank sumps are on the top of the wings? And > speaking of wings, do you guys use an inverted > airfoil? Is your trim set up to work backwards? > Inquiring minds want to know. > Always great to hear from my 'down under' > friends, I just can't imagine what it must be just > walking around in negative gravity. ;-) > Blue Skies, > Buz > > And speaking of blue skies, do your attitude > indicators have brown on the top and blue on the > bottom? > > > ========== > _________________________________________________________________ > ! > ilnews Laurie 02 46531233 0425 703226 __________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message lightning-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Lightning-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/lightning-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/lightning-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.