View Single Post
Old 09-05-2007, 17:47 PM   #12 (permalink)
gunnut
Senior Contributor
 
gunnut's Avatar
 
Join Date: 01-27-06
Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia
Posts: 10,193
Country:
Quote:
Originally Posted by dalem View Post
Anyway, I still get a kick out of sitting windowside on the wing and watching the flaps move.

-dale
I marvel at the design of an aircraft every time I see one works. The flaps, the ailerons (or are those the elevators, farther out near the tip of the wings), and most of all, thrust reversers on the engines.

The most nervous time is when the plane goes through turbulence and I can see the wings flap like a bird...
__________________
"Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.
gunnut is offline   Reply With Quote