What happens when a person falls off a US Navy carrier? - Quora

Answer: Great answer by Tim Dees! I've been aboard when a few people have gon.​.​.​ Your Reading Digest Top Stories For You What happens when a person falls off a US Navy carrier? Tim Hibbetts, works at United States Navy Updated Aug 20, 2015 · Featured in The Independent Great answer by Tim Dees! I've been aboard when a few people have gone in the water. One incident was a Marine being blown over the fantail by jet blast. A fellow Marine ... Read More » Do I need to be good at math to be a pilot? Magnar Nordal, Airline captain and instructor Written Thu You need to understand the basics and be able to do simple calculations, such as: 460 + 480 = 940 (fuel used by each engine = total fuel used). 18 * 3 = 54 (altitude in thous... Read More » When actors are recast, after shooting some scenes, how is the news broken to them? Tomer Amrani, Product Manager Written Aug 4 The news is typically broken to them in person, by the director. It could also come from the agent. Can you imagine Back to the Future without Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly?... Read More » If a paper were folded 42 times, how is it possible that it would reach the moon if the distance from Earth to the moon is greater than the paper? Joe Shelton, Author, Pilot (Comm. MEL/SEL/MES/SES, Inst), Aircraft Owner Updated Aug 4 In about 1986 a friend and I tried this experiment. We took a piece of 8.5X11 paper and tried to see how many times we could fold it in half. At about six or seven folds it... Read More » Do topological spaces with the properties described below exists? Charles Slade, former mathematician, current patent lawyer Written Aug 1 Sure. Take [math]X=\mathbb{C}[/math], and [math]Y=\mathbb{C}-D[/math], where [math]D[/math] is some disk. (Open or closed, I don't care. Radius, I don't care.) Both have the usual topology. Visibly [math]X[/math] is not homeomorphic to [math]Y[/math], since [math]X[/math] is simply... Read More » Which major movies have the biggest plot holes? Lauren N, i watch movies with my eyes open, that makes me qualified right? Written Fri DIVERGENT. You have a society split into five factions based on personality. Academic types have academic jobs, etc. You decide who goes where based on a personality test. But... Read More » How do you survive mental breakdowns and depression without medicine or anyone's help? Dawn Gregory, Medicine is disease care, not health care Written Jul 30 Please try this for three days and comment on this answer if it helps: Upon waking, walk around gently for 2-5 minutes. Return to bed and lie completely relaxed for 10-15 min... Read More » What is Jim Carrey like in real life/in person? Amanda Tendler, I live in La La Land. Updated Jun 1, 2014 My boyfriend worked at the Santa Anita Racetrack in the FrontRunner restaurant for about 10 years. He's had the chance to meet and serve quite a few well known faces and h... Read More » Who has seen Dunkirk? If so, can someone explain the actions of Tom Hardy's character? Matthew Jiang, Star Wars aficionado. History lover. Bookworm. Written Aug 1 The British pilot was out of fuel, far from England, and thus had to land on the beach, unfortunately for him, in the German-occupied sector. You see, he had two choices: sh... Read More » How can you tell if a kid is being kidnapped, rather than simply being carried away by their parents? Prabhjot Kaur Updated Feb 21 Yesterday, while returning from a quick trip to supermarket, I saw a woman, wrestling a baby girl of about 4 years across a street and into a family sedan. The kid fought e... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.