New safety features at Heathrow


Awesome job by the co-pilot to land that without power.

Edit - I think I might add this as a challenge entry. It has directions on it...
(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:35, archived)

agreed. Gliding in a 777 takes a man with balls of steel

nice anim!~
( M3Essential - three chords and the truth, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:36, archived)

Especially when you're only given a few seconds notice and the ground is coming up awfully fast.
The fact that some of the passengers thought it was just a bumpy landing is quite amazing.
(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:39, archived)

Yes
but it's not as if he volunteered.

His other choice was death, so it's hardly a surprise that he did what he was trained to do instead.

/cynic blog
( finnbar The king of the potato people won't let me, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:40, archived)

Hmm.
But he could have panicked. If this had been one of a lot of other airlines with less emphasis on training and we'd be having silences at football matches, etc.
(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:43, archived)

^
now shut up Finnbar and put the kettle on
( M3Essential - three chords and the truth, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:46, archived)

Coffee!
(please)
(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:47, archived)

nearly forgot
woo!
( finnbar The king of the potato people won't let me, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:48, archived)

Lack of cafeine means me go bed now.
night night!
(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:54, archived)

You read my mind.
*puts kettle on*
*goes back to laying new floor*
( finnbar The king of the potato people won't let me, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:47, archived)

For all we know he screamed like a girl and shat himself.

Still, if that's what it takes to get it down safely, I take my hypothetical hat off to him.
:D
( finnbar The king of the potato people won't let me, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:46, archived)

You haven't lived until you've flown Lao Airlines.
And if you've flown Lao Airlines, don't take it for granted that you'll live.

I was sat next to an extremely nervous girl from New York, who had spent days telling me how much she hated flying. The first thing I did was read the safety card, which told me about the life-jacket under the seat.

I decided not to tell her that there were no life-jackets under the seats.
( The Hedgehog From Hell lalalalala, I can't see you, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:47, archived)

"His other choice was death"
...or cake.
(Gyrate is watching you masturbate, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 23:59, archived)

if you've got to bounce a Boeing...
... might I suggest practising somewhere a bit safer?


(one of only 2 FPs I ever made, back when I was oh so young...)
( stereoroid in mono where available, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:53, archived)

How long did that take?!?!
have a 'woo'

(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:56, archived)

took longer to optimise than to make
and it's still 300kB (sorry). It's made up of MS FS screenshots.
( stereoroid in mono where available, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 23:00, archived)

it looks like a house
in lights.
(Arthmelow, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:36, archived)

hehehe
great stuff - i was very impressed on how they landed :D
( Rev. Jesse. Gaz me for B3ta Book of the Dead...!, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:40, archived)

great stuff

( god save the queen CODIFEST, 26th July, be there or rot in hell !!!, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:42, archived)

brothelcopter

(James_Bailey get out of bed its the wrong one, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:43, archived)

Someone has to animate
a big magenta cock on approach to that...
(colonelboris We're going in in the first wave..., Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:46, archived)

hahahaha

(Ysol, Fri 18 Jan 2008, 22:45, archived)

Woo!!!
Nice one!

And I agree about the co-pilot, what a fecking genius.
(Harry Webshiter, Sun 20 Jan 2008, 22:43, archived)