To: don-o
Real life provides enough evidence. Off the top of my head, USAir 427 crashed vertically (80 degrees) at an airspeed of approximately 260 knots. This aircraft weighed about five times as much, so if it’s traveling twice as fast then the energy is now twenty times as much. The debris from 427 was very small, so it is not only possible but likely that if a 777 crashed in the way this pilot describes, it would be in incredibly small pieces.
81 posted on
03/18/2014 1:58:48 PM PDT by
flintsilver7
(Honest reporting hasn't caught on in the United States.)
To: flintsilver7
“so if it’s traveling twice as fast then the energy is now twenty times as much.”
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Power = Mass (velocity squared)
82 posted on
03/18/2014 2:02:13 PM PDT by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: flintsilver7
Here's a pic of 427. That's some pretty big thumbs down there
86 posted on
03/18/2014 2:05:12 PM PDT by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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