Ladies and Gentlemen, This article from the Royal Aeronautical Society's Blog (at the link below) was forwarded to me from a friend and P3 Orion driver...fantastic read on how 71,000 combined flight hours of experience, sound CRM, some structural rigidity and good old fashioned luck saved the day for QF32.Certainly covers the incident with a different slant than most media outlets did (if at all).Its fairly lengthy, but helps pass the time as we wait...http://www.aerosocietychannel.com/aerospace-insight/2010/12/exclusive-qantas-qf32-flight-from-the-cockpit/Regards,Zach Heinrich Also, trying to figure out how to edit a Topic Title, as I mis-spelled Qantas...

It is QANTAS, not QUANTAS.

It is QANTAS, not QUANTAS.

Your right! I will make the change...though trying to figure out how to edit a Topic Title (versus message body).v/rZach Heinrich

No offense, but it really annoys me when pople spell QANTAS wrong, its like spelling United - YOUNITED.

No offense, but it really annoys me when pople spell QANTAS wrong, its like spelling United - YOUNITED.

None taken...just trying to figure out how to edit the Titlev/rZach Heinrich

None taken...just trying to figure out how to edit the Titlev/rZach Heinrich

When you click on edit, there is a button for "full editor". You can edit the title there (but I already did it for you :( )

When you click on edit, there is a button for "full editor". You can edit the title there (but I already did it for you :( )

Thank you Sir!Beginners bad luck I suppose...but I will NEVER mispell Qantas again!v/rZach Heinrich

Thank you Sir!Beginners bad luck I suppose...but I will NEVER mispell Qantas again!v/rZach Heinrich

You better not... or it will be off with your head! Q= QueenslandA= andN= NorthernT= TerriotryA= AerialS= Services

You better not... or it will be off with your head! Q= QueenslandA= andN= NorthernT= TerriotryA= AerialS= Services

I did not know that - cool. (I always spell it right though!)

You better not... or it will be off with your head! Q= QueenslandA= andN= NorthernT= TerriotryA= AerialS= Services

wow, i didn't know that. thanks

I did not know that - cool. (I always spell it right though!)

Qantas started at Longreach, in Queensland (northern part of the state). Hence the name "Longreach" on all QF 747-400's...

Thanks! Very interesting :)

Very interesting article, thanks.

Qantas started at Longreach, in Queensland (northern part of the state). Hence the name "Longreach" on all QF 747-400's...

Actually the official birthplace of Qantas was Winton about 120km NW of Longreach :) They moved to Longreach after the first board meeting. Longreach is now home to a 747-200 (VH-EBQ) and a 707 (VH-XBA) amongst others. Driving through Longreach from Winton, the sight of a 747 scares the willies out of you! A work colleague of mine was GM of the museum there (http://www.qfom.com.au/) when the 747 was flown in - it was a one shot landing, they were at minimum fuel as it is a very short runway and a missed approach would have resulted in a diversion.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDJOtwGUAcI

You better not... or it will be off with your head! Q= QueenslandA= andN= NorthernT= TerriotryA= AerialS= Services

I had no idea it was an acronym...l learn something new every day (three things actually - how to spell Qantas, what Qantas stands for, and how to edit erroneous spelling in a Topic Title - though Vin gets credit for that last one!). Thanks for setting me straight :( Im glad everyone has enjoyed the article. It was too good an item to let sit in my inbox.v/rZach Heinrich