You can always bail out... if that were the criteria then there would never be a point of no return. The term refers to the aircraft - with its contents - returning. With the B-25 mission there was never that option. Once they were halfway down that carrier deck they were committed to the entire mission. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:22 PM, <MJKory_at_aol.com> wrote: > I don't think the example of the General Mitchel B-25's taking off from > the aircraft carrier is a actually a point of no return. I'm sure it's true > that the bombers could not land on the carrier after taking off, but the > crews probably could have bailed out near the carrier and been picked up, so > they could still "return" if they were so inclined. However, once the > bombers took off, I'm sure the carrier turned around and headed to a safe > harbor as fast as possible, and at some point the distance back to the > carrier was greater than the remaining fuel, which is a true "point of no > return." *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat May 10 2008 - 22:41:51 PDT
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