X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from [64.129.170.194] (HELO VIRCOM1.FCDATA.PRIVATE) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.1) with ESMTP id 6055117 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 21:54:57 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.129.170.194; envelope-from=cbarber@texasattorney.net Received: from FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE (unverified [172.16.5.23]) by VIRCOM1.FCDATA.PRIVATE (Vircom SMTPRS 5.13.1309.15521) with ESMTP id for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:53:35 -0600 X-Modus-BlackList: 172.16.5.23=OK;cbarber@texasattorney.net=OK X-Modus-RBL: 172.16.5.23=Excluded X-Modus-Trusted: 172.16.5.23=NO X-Modus-Audit: FALSE;0;0;0 Received: from FCD-MAIL05.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::809d:a06e:5913:452e]) by FCD-MAIL06.FCDATA.PRIVATE ([fe80::697f:d6aa:b87:78d8%17]) with mapi id 14.02.0328.009; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:55:04 -0600 From: Chris Barber To: Rotary motors in aircraft CC: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Crickets.... Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Re: Crickets.... Thread-Index: AQHOB/w0y9pkjkPBpk+CfOjkH1U1W5hz9jSa Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:53:37 +0000 Message-ID: References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 I think the Mythbusters debunked the explosive decompression myth. Not an = overly scientific source but not bad for cable media.=20 Chris Sent from my iPhone 5 On Feb 10, 2013, at 20:05, "Charlie England" wrote: > On 02/10/2013 07:50 PM, Ernest Christley wrote: >> On Feb 10, 2013, at 12:29 PM, Charlie England wrote: >>=20 >>> One obvious thing to do is to allow any sworn law enforcement or milita= ry person who's authorized to carry in the line of duty, to carry on board = a flight. I bet the odds approach unity that there would be someone in a pa= ssenger seat on at least 75% of flights that would be armed. >>>=20 >>> Charlie >> Is it true that a single stray bullet in an airliner at flight lever cou= ld/would lead to a catastrophic decompression. Granted, you'd get the terr= orist, but is it worth sacrificing everyone on board? > Science through Cinema. :-) >=20 > Doesn't happen. Remember the incident coming into Hawaii a number of year= s ago? The plane lost a big chunk of the fuselage due to structural failure= , & it still landed safely, with only one or two getting sucked out of the = plane. A bullet hole is just a bullet hole. Do the math; the plane is only = pressurized to 8k ft, which is only a few psi above ambient at 30k ft. It's= not like shooting a hole in a SCUBA tank. The pressurization system just w= orks a tiny bit harder. >=20 > Charlie >=20 > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/Lis= t.html