Agreed.

That must be why it's rolling.

"1: This is 8th grade science kids. THERE IS NO WAY TO ROLL AN AIRCRAFT WITH RUDDER INPUT ALONE. Yaw can move the nose left or right, not bank the aircraft. "

Enlighten us. If you're going to say a rudder affects only yaw, you're mistaken.

Not all 737-700's have the same switch installed for operating the door mechanism. The door locking mechanism is a customer option, and reportedly some installations use a rotary switch instead of a 3-position pole switch.

Good catch!

If it's an unintentional roll, chances are it would not be a perfect 1G roll. Also, transport category aircraft (Part 25) are only required to be built to sustain -1G to +2.5G. One could definitely exceed -1G if inverted and recovering wrong.

Adam, look into both the "Dutch Roll" and "Roll Coupling". As the rudder is above the trajectory vector of the plane, when it generates a lift vector to one side (to affect yaw), the effect is roll as well as yaw.

Aacidus, would you feel differently if the helicopter crashed, killing those aboard and some on the ground? Why should they treat this any differently than "man with gun" calls? The police are simply attempting to prevent the situation from becoming worse, and as I noted in another reply the crime the man with the…

If the kid goes running or disappears into a neighborhood, it sure helps to have a few more feet on the ground. The crime is "Interfering with the operation of an aircraft", and in many states it is a FELONY. I assure you that police attempting to apprehend an individual suspected of a felony take it quite seriously.

Gizgizgiz, you're right, I didn't clarify. I meant that it would seem that missiles would be outside the bounds of the armament of a typical police force, not that NYPD shouldn't have the jurisdiction to take out an airplane.

Could Kelly simply be referring to helicopters carrying officers armed with high-powered rifles? The NYPD does have Barrett .50 rifles that they've trained with to deploy in the air ( [www.nysun.com] ). I highly doubt that the NYPD has surface-to-air missiles in their arsenal. They're a civilian police force...it…

Could Kelly simply be referring to helicopters carrying officers armed with high-powered rifles? The NYPD does have Barrett .50 rifles that they've trained with to deploy in the air ( [www.nysun.com] ). I highly doubt that the NYPD has surface-to-air missiles in their arsenal. They're a civilian police force...it…

The interesting part is where Ray Kelly explicitly states that they (NYPD) has the capability and training to bring down an airplane. This seems to be outside the bounds of a civil police force.

My guess is the open jaw of the carabiner.

Glad he's having a good time, but he's got a tool that nobody else seems to have...how about using it to help some people?

You could use this to escape the fire on his private retreat, Necker Island... [www.dailymail.co.uk]

Shocking? This is shocking, in India.

There is no risk of the bends as the surfer's lungs were never filled with air at pressure above that of sea level. When SCUBA diving, the diver breathes air that's at higher pressure (which normalizes against the higher water pressure at depth). However, when the SCUBA diver rises that air expands, causing a problem.…

Agreed, this is the sort of semantics that would be in conflict with centrifugal force, arguing only centripetal force is a true force.