Plane Pitches Up Uncontrollably / Air Midwest Flight 5481 Stalls After Takeoff
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Air Lines and Airplane Safety Thrives on Procedure and the Numbers
90 pounds is roughly half a % of the total weight th t they're talking about. They ran the numbers, and it's close, but it's still within the limit. I talked about mean air dynamic there again. P l a, that's going to be mac. You hear me say mac? That's mean air dynamic cord. It's just a measurement of where the centre of gravity is on the plane. And you know, i've had flight crew come along and tell people to move in the cabin to try to redistribute the weight,. To make sure it's more evenly spread out. So that's something that all planes need to worry about, is, like, how
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