Re: Few questions on embedded stuff...

From: Joerg (notthisjoergsch_at_removethispacbell.net)
Date: 06/28/04 

Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:40:27 GMT

Hi Ben,

> Huh? You jumped out of a perfectly good, operating airplane??? Or
>was it the airplane described at the end of Ganssle's WDT article?
>
>
That's exactly what a Boeing engineer once said to me. He thought it was
insane to jump out of a fully serviceable airplane. But it isn't insane.
We tried to convince our pilot and many of the glider folks to do at
least 2-3 jumps so they know how it feels if they ever have to. Most of
the glider folks declined and then one day the story was in the news.
One had a structural failure a few thousand feet up, high enough to
jump. He hesitated too long to bail out and didn't make it.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

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