Comments on: Flying Pilot Podcast #12 Concorde Revisited, and Even More French History! http://flyingpilot.com/?p=26 Aviation News, Science and History from an Airline Captain! Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Doug Bradford http://flyingpilot.com/?p=26#comment-143 Doug Bradford Fri, 19 May 2006 18:58:55 +0000 http://flyingpilot.com/?p=26#comment-143 Re: Concorde Crash I'am struck by the captains failure to maintain airspeed that would have permitted control of the aircraft, even to the point of reducing or pulling the power off ALL remaining engines to regain control and stop the yawing/roll. I have got to believe that landing anywhere straight ahead and under control would have been a better outcome (ala Al Hanes/AA DC-10). Now I understand that airline flying is all about procedures, which is one of the reasons airlines are so safe, but in this case the #1 first rule should be to maintain airspeed and therfore control, even if it means landing other than an airport. Breaking with procdures that clearly were not working out might have saved some lives in this case. Great job on the podcast, Doug Re: Concorde Crash
I’am struck by the captains failure to maintain airspeed that would have permitted control of the aircraft, even to the point of reducing or pulling the power off ALL remaining engines to regain control and stop the yawing/roll. I have got to believe that landing anywhere straight ahead and under control would have been a better outcome (ala Al Hanes/AA DC-10). Now I understand that airline flying is all about procedures, which is one of the reasons airlines are so safe, but in this case the #1 first rule should be to maintain airspeed and therfore control, even if it means landing other than an airport. Breaking with procdures that clearly were not working out might have saved some lives in this case.

Great job on the podcast,
Doug

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