Comment Re:Still pretty affordable (Score 4, Funny) 393
What else can subsidize here?
Well, in your case, apparently grammar school.
What else can subsidize here?
Well, in your case, apparently grammar school.
Did anyone bother to check on World Airlines
In the last 30 years, World Airways has had one incident, and that was due to pilot error, not issues with the DC-10 itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...
there is always a refueling stop at Anchorage or Honolulu.
Yes, and when Canadian Airlines crossed the Pacific with their DC-10s in the 70s, 80s & 90s they used to stop in Hawaii for fuel.
This is one of the reasons these airframes have been retired.
What's expensive for a commercial airliner can be economical for a fire-fighting operation.
Because that's typical economy seating plans are 3-3.
Not two-aisle heavies like the DC-10.
Most of those are either 2-3-2, 2-4-2 or 3-3-3.
There's a reason why the DC-10 isn't used anymore.
Explosive Decompression
Incorrect. DC-10s were perfectly safe aircraft that flew millions of miles. They weren't explosively decompressing left right and center.
DC-10s aren't flying passengers any more because they don't have the efficiency of modern airliners like the 787. They're heavier, have more drag, and burn more fuel - Particularly due to the their three engines.
FedEx still operates a whack of 'em hauling cargo.
A DC-10 Passenger Plane Is Perfect At Fighting Wildfires
It's not 'perfect.' Unlike water bombers like the Martin Mars ( http://www.martinmars.com/ ) the DC-10 can't 'scoop' water from a lake. It needs to land and be refilled, which limits the amount it can drop.
Why is it that if you copy something it's called a fake, but if you also destroy the original it's called restoration?
Interestingly, that's how transporters might eventually work:
Scan you, transmit scan data, reassemble you at the other end based on the data, confirm checksum, then destroy original.
So basically what you're saying is humans are flawed, so we need some flawed humans to make rules for the rest of the flawed humans?
Yes, because some humans are way more flawed than others.
Here in Vancouver, flawed humans are flying drones around jets landing at our airport. Less flawed humans are making rules around that, which is OK by me.
Who watches TV these days.
Most nights when people are watching TV I'm out walking the dog. Judging by the number of TVs I see glowing in everyone's living rooms as I walk by, I'd say a lot of people are still watching TV these days.
Kleeneness is next to Godelness.