Talk:United Air Lines Flight 297

Note

Kaaren Grace Brent was not the original stewardess that was to fly that day/ She was called and asked if she would take that flight for another stewardness that was to ill to fly that day. Kaaren Brent agreed to be of service and care for the needs of the passengers on Flight 297 that fateful morning.

Cheryl Lynn Brent/ Sister--Sacramento California  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.146.250.16 (talk) 01:44, 10 May 2009 (UTC) 

Citations

I have added a requested citation and valid source to the article. I knew the. Balog family when he was a pilot for Capital in Norfolk, VA. I could cite the article to death but it really is not necessary. Mark Lincoln (talk)

GA Review

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Reviewer: The Rambling Man (talk · contribs) 06:23, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Comments

• "10 miles" - add conversion to metric. Apply approach to remainder of article.

  Done. The one conversion that I do not tend to do is altitude, which in aviation in all countries except China and Russia, is measured in feet.

• "caused severe damage to the plane, causing a loss of control." perhaps "resulting in a loss of control" to avoid repeating "causing"?

  Done.

• "scheduled passenger flight from Newark to Atlanta, with scheduled stops" scheduled ... scheduled... I don't think you need the second.

  Done.

• "at an airspeed of 2" presumably that's the cruise speed as the airspeed varies drastically across the course of the flight.

  The source used "true airspeed" which is different than ground speed. I clarified that and linked to true airspeed in the article in case a reader wants to dive into the nuances of airspeed measurements in aviation.

• "The aircraft struck two whistling swans with the stabilizers of the aircraft " repeat of aircraft is jarring here.

  Done.

• " and its airspeed increased from 240 to 365 knots (280 to 420 mph; 440 to 680 km/h)" for my interest, how do they know this?

  The aircraft was equipped with a flight data recorder, which was recovered from the accident scene. The data shows the airspeed measurements right up to the point of impact.

  Is that recorder mentioned in the article? The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 17:02, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

  First paragraph of the "investigation" section. RecycledPixels (talk) 17:05, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

  Duh. I was looking for flight data recorder (linked possibly) so hence the fail... Okay, cool. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 17:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

• "June 30, 1956.[5][1] " refs in numerical order.

  Done.

• European Theater -> European theater.

  Done.

• Empennage is overlinked.

  Done.

• "section 25.631 " vs "in JAR 25.631 "...

  Done.

Not too much to say here really, an interesting read and an already good article, just some minor suggestions. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 10:54, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for looking at this. I've made those changes and some other minor copyedits. RecycledPixels (talk) 15:56, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

RecycledPixels no problem, happy with all of that although one response above regarding the flight recorder. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 17:02, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

Ok, good work. As I said, good article and good updates, so promoting. The Rambling Man (Staying alive since 2005!) 17:20, 19 September 2019 (UTC)

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