Boeing 7777 total power failure

[Mike]

hmmm....

now I wonder if the pilots could have done anything by disengaging the autopilot and moving the throttle forward.
did they try to do that?
if they did and nothing worked . . . that must have been a sinking feeling (pun somewhat intended....since nobody got hurt)

[Baradium]

hmmm....

now I wonder if the pilots could have done anything by disengaging the autopilot and moving the throttle forward.
did they try to do that?
if they did and nothing worked . . . that must have been a sinking feeling (pun somewhat intended....since nobody got hurt)

Yes, they did try manually adding power. 

[airtac]

hmmm....

now I wonder if the pilots could have done anything by disengaging the autopilot and moving the throttle forward.
did they try to do that?
if they did and nothing worked . . . that must have been a sinking feeling (pun somewhat intended....since nobody got hurt)

Yes, they did try manually adding power. 

kinda like "steppin' on a plum"----"Wolf creek pass"

[Baradium]

kinda like "steppin' on a plum"----"Wolf creek pass"

"wolf creek pass way up on the great divide... truckin' on down... the other side...."

I'm a fan of "black bear road" and "four wheel drive" as well...

[Rooster Cruiser]

"...I looked on outta the window,
and I started a-countin' phone poles
goin' by at the rate of four to the seventh power.
I put two and two together,
added twelve and carried five
and come up with 22,000 telephone poles per hour."

"I looked at Earl and his eyes was wide,
His lip was curled and his leg was fried.
His hands was froze to the wheel like a tongue to a sled in the middle of a blizzard!..."

You can see why I ain't gonna ever change my signature line, I bet.   There are way too many great lines in this old truckin' tune! 

[AirScorp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Rv4Lwg8b4I

[Rooster Cruiser]

Well Earl grabbed on the shifter,
and he stabbed her into fifth gear,
and then the Chromium-plated fully-Aluminated
Genuine Accessory shifter knob come right off in his hand.
I says, "You wanna screw that thing back on Earl?"

...We took that top row of chickens off slicker than scum off a Louisiana swamp...

 

See what I mean?

Thanks Nick for finding the original on YouTube.  Man, its priceless!