Originally Posted by CyberSEO

I have a school buddy who works as a pilot till today and he loves to collect personal airplanes like Travolta (he buys them usually in Canada and transports to SPB where he lives). So I remember as we were speaking about 10 years ago. He said "those bastards suspended me from flights!" When I asked "why?", he answered "for nothing, I've just released flaps on a high speed". I asked "what's a problem with that?" and he told me "no problem at all, they (the flaps) can be torn away by air flow". I said "can the aircraft fly w/o them?" He answered "are you an idiot? It's almost 30% of the wing sufrace, the aircraft will turn into an iron w/o them".

Ну вот блин ты бы хотел леталть с таким пилотом?