K380/900 MAX :: The 3rd Flight

Nursing Her Home!

Jeb stabilizes the plane - after some serious G loading - once Bill told him what to do (between a scream and a curse). Some more bits of the wings parted ways from the main fuselage in the ordeal.

Jeb _ I have her back. Val, please call KSC and advise. I don't think I will be able to talk to that guy now without losing my license. Again.

Val _ KSC, K380MAX-MARK3. We have her back, we are in control.

Val _ Well, now that my heartbeats are back... How about a nice and comprehensive checklist? We still have to land her...

Jeb _ Val, we have a problem. I think I overstressed her, she's bent almost beyound control - I can't keep the bearing without help of the autopilot - Bill, it was you that taught this thing to swear?

Val _ We still have operative flaps on the main wings and on the canards.The landing gears are also green.

Jeb _ We have the flaps? Good. Extend them. All of them, I want that extra lift. I will compensate the drag with the engines - we still have lots of fuel, we can abuse the engines a bit (we have a lot of them!). We will lump home low and slow - otherwise I may not be able to control this Kraken damned bearing...