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Originally Posted by willravel
Planes need to steer. Planes need hydraulics to steer. If the hydraulics go out, the plane cannot steer.
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hydraulics makes steering EASIER, much like powersteering in a car. If the hydraulics go out, there are still the manual controls. more difficult, but still works.
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Originally Posted by willravel
Planes need to communicate. Planes need radios to communicate. If the radio goes out, the plane cannot communicate.
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The plane most certainly can communicate. Transponder codes, directional beacon signals, and tower light gun signals. This is how I, as an air traffic controller, would communicate with airplanes that had lost radio communications.
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Originally Posted by willravel
Planes need to know where they are. Planes need avionics to know where they are. If the avionics are damaged, then they won't know where they are.
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If a pilot doesn't know how to use directional beacons and VFR flight rules, he has no business flying an airplane.
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Originally Posted by willravel
I don't need a bald guy with a mustache and an annoying ginger to tell me that.
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how about an arrogant, longhaired, former us marine air traffic controller?
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Originally Posted by rlbond86
Contrary to RP's beliefs, there ARE some things that are better managed at the federal level.
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except for having a single denomination for currency, what do the feds manage better than anyone else?
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Originally Posted by rlbond86
Our first concern is to reduce the executive branch's power that the citizenry allowed to grow.
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excuse me, the 'citizenry' is not at fault here. This is the direct result of legislative refusing to back the executive down.