To: TMSuchman
Ok, best to speak from experience. I had thought non-streamlined free-fall was closer 10 100kts.
I understood if you get all tucked in you can hit 120 - 150, but not as a falling human.
I defer to your experience. I try to stay IN the cockpit myself ;-)
22 posted on
06/17/2009 1:18:02 PM PDT by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: Blueflag
You are correct in the position of a “body” when falling. The “bullet” position is to gain more speed in the air, like an F-14 pulling it's wings back. But a body falling through the air from Ft Level 350 the bodies, would be in all sorts of positions while falling. The water would still be as hard as a rock when landing, but the “bodies” at that point were far from caring. The person that was in that body has gone to Heaven, for their final reward! My only hope is that they did not feel anything before the end. All though I can be there was a great amount of fear, going through the aircraft!
26 posted on
06/17/2009 1:42:20 PM PDT by
TMSuchman
(I'll heat up & bring the tar, you bring the feathers & we'll meet in DC!)
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