2008may12. I was idly wondering when ram air turbines started appearing on planes, but the wikipedia entry doesn’t help any. The oldest relevant patent I can find was granted the day of the stock market crash, and indicates that the patent was an improvement on the invention. Any mention of RATs of course requires a pointer to the Gimli Glider story, which is Essential Internet Reading. It reads like a movie. Of course they’re going to land on Family Day. Directly on.
