::::Must…..Stay……Awake:::::
I’ve been checking out my flights to and from Costa Rica tonight. It was actually a lot more fun than I expected. Everybody should book a flight on American Airlines and then call the reservation line to confirm it. I got to talk to this automated chick who took my flight number and date and then gave me my very own window seat…on four separate planes! Yeah, so I don’t get to fly much.
Anyway. Looks like “Ocean’s Eleven” will be our in flight movie from MIA to San Jose. I’ve been meaning to see it, but looks like I’ll get my chance. 🙂
1 Airbus, 1 Boeing, and 2 MD-80s
On that note…It was about 48 hours ago (You people wouldn’t believe the quality programs on the Discovery Channel after 11 o’clock!) I was watching a program about crash testing. It was pretty neat. You can learn amazing things from television.
For example, if properly restrained, the human body can withstand up to 40 horozontal G’s for very brief periods. Sure, it really hurts, but it makes a good story. Vertically, we don’t do so well. That’s why the ejection seat was a big problem. 10 G’s vertically will break your neck.
This doesn’t really apply to passenger jets, though, since most passenger jets crash at a shallow angle and kinda skid on their belly. The vertical G’s are softened by the crumpling of the cargo bay underneath. It’s the fire and the fumes from the jet fuel that kills you. I’m glad my mom doesn’t read my blogs.
Good night 🙂