03/30/2008
from the Kennebec Journal
Rep. Pingree hears varied proposals for health-care solutions
HALLOWELL Fire that cut communications labeled arson
MONMOUTH Police defended after slim budget rejection
State's schools chief to parley
Wasser will lead newsrooms at KJ, Sentinel and in Portland
BRIEFS
Hockey still in picture for Harrington
Portland boxer to face legend's son
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$1.3 MILLION FOR HEALTHREACH
Families Matter grows to meet special needs
Chellie Pingree listens to ideas on health care reform
FARMINGTON Rain alters plans for 4th of July
District regroups after budget failure
Vote on county budget hits snag
Burnham driver wins checkered flag at 2 tracks on same day
Maine boxer gets unique opportunity
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She told the center that her instrument was giving her incorrect attitude readings.
When I first read this I thought the word was altitude, not attitude.
I later recalled public news around the time of World War II where it was mentioned that many pilots who could not see the ground because of weather conditions experienced what was then called vertigo.
They thought that they were flying with the wings parallel to the earth, while the instrument said they were flying at an angle to the ground.
This instrument is designed to show the horizon of the plane with respect to the earth. Unfortunately, some did not believe the instrument and hence got into a spiral that led to a crash in some cases.
Considering the bad weather in which she choose to fly, it seems to me that she possibly became disoriented, not seeing the ground and thought that her instrument was faulty.
If the pilot had believed what her instrument said, she might have been able to avoid the tragedy.
Bob Hard
Hallowell




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