Obama's MD-80

[Thug Life]

Any 80 guys ever have this problem?


http://blogs.abcnews.com/e_scapes/2008/07/carrier-says-sa.html

 

[DASHDRIVER]

midwest md-80

evacuation slode in the tail apears to have inflated on rotation restricting control cables. Uneventful diversion to STL. No Injuries and no significant damage to a/c.

 

[Ticker]

DOH!


The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an
incident at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in which
a chartered Midwest Airlines airplane carrying Senator
Barack Obama made an uneventful precautionary landing due to
a suspected flight control anomaly.


At about 9:30 a.m. CDT this morning, a McDonnell Douglas MD-
81 airplane (N804ME), operated by Midwest Airlines as Flight
8663, diverted to St. Louis, Missouri, during a flight from
Chicago, Illinois to Charlotte, North Carolina. There were
no injuries to the 48 passengers and crew.


NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker has designated Todd Fox as
the Investigator-in-Charge for this incident. Fox is
expected to arrive on scene this afternoon.


Post-flight inspection of the airplane revealed an in-flight
deployment of the aft emergency exit slide within the tail
cone.


Preliminary information indicate that the crew disconnected
the autopilot during climbout from Chicago, while being
vectored around thunderstorms, when they reportedly felt
elevator control forces that were heavier than normal. They
therefore elected to make a precautionary landing at St.
Louis. After landing, it was learned that the aft emergency
exit slide had deployed within the tail cone. The tail cone
did not separate from the airplane.

 

[TheJCNIs]

The best care in the air! I hope he got his cookies before they landed.

 

[greenlight]

Better luck next time Hillary!

 

[elag777]

The best care in the air! I hope he got his cookies before they landed.

should have payed the extra for an Airbus!

 

[eightdriver]

I had the aft galley slide deploy in one of our 80's at 35000 ft. in February of this year. It was pretty uneventful.

 

[ProFracPilot]

I saw Obama get off a757 in MDW a couple weeks ago (National?). Why the switch to MEP?

 

[CitationLover]

I saw Obama get off a757 in MDW a couple weeks ago (National?). Why the switch to MEP?

It was North American and I have no idea why switch, pandering for Wisconsin voters?

 

[IdRtherBsailing]

should have payed the extra for an Airbus!

That 80 is pretty pimped out. Extra, Extra leg room, club seating, stripper poles, etc. Too bad its being parked.

 

[Andy Neill]

Any 80 guys ever have this problem?


http://blogs.abcnews.com/e_scapes/2008/07/carrier-says-sa.html

As I understand it, it hasn't been so much of a pitch issue as it has with lateral stability. Whenever he was on board during the early part ofd the campaign, it had a tendency to roll left. Now it seems to be pulling a little more right.

 

[EX_CV580FR8Dawg]

As I understand it, it hasn't been so much of a pitch issue as it has with lateral stability. Whenever he was on board during the early part ofd the campaign, it had a tendency to roll left. Now it seems to be pulling a little more right.

rimshot!

 

[sydeseet]

It was North American and I have no idea why switch, pandering for Wisconsin voters?

The 757 was in MX I heard.

 

[Hamburger]

Most dangerous part of that flight was getting off the plane in St. Louis.

 

[haulingthemail]

to bad they didn't ask him to go cut the slide.

 

[Jetjockey]

I heard it couldn't stay centered, it kept pulling to the left.

 

[BigMeat]

Notice how Obama is flying on union carriers unlike Sen. McCain. Thank you Sen. Obama! Before anyone says anything look in the mirror and repeat after me "My small penis is the reason Im voting for McCain"

Bigmeat

 

[blzr]

Notice how Obama is flying on union carriers unlike Sen. McCain. Thank you Sen. Obama! Before anyone says anything look in the mirror and repeat after me "My small penis is the reason Im voting for McCain"

Bigmeat

Your small brain would be the reason you would vote O'(baby)bama.

Isn't the MD-80 just about the most fuel inefficient plane out there right now? That's like Algore telling me that my $130/month power bill is melting the ice caps while he flies around on a G-II and has a $6k/month powerbill. I need to make my carbon footprint bigger!!

 

[Ralph Wiggums]

Your small brain would be the reason you would vote O'(baby)bama.

Let's see. $800 billion (with a B) and counting spent in Iraq (with no end in sight if McCain is elected).

No substantive alternative energy plan.

The mortgage and banking industries in the tank.

Housing values dropping like rocks.

The dollar is worthless.

Massive and growing federal deficit while cutting taxes for the wealthy.

Huge amounts of energy spent worrying about who marries whom (as if it matters).

Etc.

It might take a small brain to vote for Obama, but it takes no brain to vote for McCain.

 

[Ifly4money]

Let's see. $800 billion (with a B) and counting spent in Iraq (with no end in sight if McCain is elected).

No substantive alternative energy plan.

The mortgage and banking industries in the tank.

Housing values dropping like rocks.

The dollar is worthless.

Massive and growing federal deficit while cutting taxes for the wealthy.

Huge amounts of energy spent worrying about who marries whom (as if it matters).

Etc.

It might take a small brain to vote for Obama, but it takes no brain to vote for McCain.

Wow, now were reduced to scwabbling over which canidate sucks less. They both suck. At least I know where O'bama stands. He stands for "Change". Now if I could only pin down what we were going to change and what it was going to change to.