Re: Where is the jet?

[Brian Whatcott <inet@INTELLISYS.NET>]

This reminds me of what used to be a standard frightener for beginning
students:
to look into the elevator of a light plane on a pre flight check.

It can come as a shock to the unwary, that the airplane designer's art is to
"Add lightness and simplicate!"
 - and it follows that there is nothing lighter than nothing.

So in a high speed impact, you might expect to find the dense strong parts
like engines and gear, while the remainder folds up or burns.

Brian W

At 07:12 3/16/02 -0500, you wrote:
>   Not explicitly physics but I received the following URL and wondered
> whether in the list's professional opinion's there is anything to it.  I
> know some of you are practicing aviators.
>   Thanks for any critiquing.
>
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