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Re: Europa-List: Re: Safety Data

Subject: Re: Europa-List: Re: Safety Data
From: William Harrison <willie.harrison@tinyonline.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:37:28

I once worked for a consulting company which was commissioned to  
design an ethernet filter (it was a long time ago). One of our more  
challenged colleagues was heard to say, "I can't understand why  
anyone would want to filter ether through a net anyway..."

Willie H

> <n3eu@oh.rr.com>
>
> Excuse me, but raw data re Europa accidents is freely available  
> from www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/publications/bulletins.cfm (vastly most of  
> the cases) and from http://ntsb.gov/ntsb/query.asp#query_start --  
> both using query re Europa.
>
> Jeesh, we can competently build an airplane much more than a  
> Pietenpol, post to the net re safety issues, but cannot do the  
> simple "internets" keystroke/mouse-click thing? :-)
>
> Seriously, all the raw data is there.  Very interesting, and mostly  
> reassuring IMV, for this A/C type in hands of diligent builders/ 
> flyers.
>
> For those wondering about my pluralization of "internets," this  
> refers to a quote by our aging, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska  
> trying to expound on his knowledge if this technology.  So much so,  
> Keith Olberman on MSNBC here constantly and similarly refers to the  
> net as plural. :-)  Our Senate is leastwise one-up on the House of  
> Lords, who would never once so mis-use our non-native tongue!
>



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