FYI actually I have seen a few black boxes after the fact and they get
pretty beat up too. The information survives. Rich Fox
-----Original Message-----
From: Clay, Dale <Dale.Clay@mdhelicopters.com>
To: 'ARDUNDOUG@aol.com' <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>; land-speed@autox.team.net
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001 08:11 AM
Subject: RE: Flight Recorder and Passenger Survivability
>I think he was just kidding, but you never know wit does new yawkers. A
>plane made like that would be like a subway train!
>
>Dale C. :)
>
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>Subject: Re: Flight Recorder and Passenger Survivability
>
>
>In a message dated 5/10/2001 7:29:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com writes:
>
>
>> Doug's thought for the day:
>>
>> If the "blackbox" flight recorder is never damaged inna plane crash, why
>> ain't the whole damn airplane made out of that stuff ? ......
>>
>
> Because the "black-box" is shielded in an extemely heavy metal box
>and
>located in the most survivable part of the aircraft, the tail section.
> If the passenger compartment were made that heavy the plane would
>never get off the ground.........................Ardun Doug King
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