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| Fergus OMore:
And if he pulled an auxiliary chute- it wasn't 'freefall'. |
| andyf:
--- Quote from: Ned Ludd on October 16, 2012, 07:43:14 AM ---And I thought it was the English who were supposed to be eccentric. :scratch: The question is did he break the sound barrier or not? What is the speed of sound at that altitude? Does anybody else think that this little venture could be used as an advert for incontinence pads? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Ned --- End quote --- The first table here < http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/atmosphere/q0112.shtml > gives speed of sound at various heights, Ned. Oddly, it seems to decrease as altitude rises to 35,000 ft, then plateau out to 65,000ft, and then start rising again. I suppose there wasn't much danger to our hero in breaking the sound barrier; the atmosphere is so attenuated up there that any shock effect (and sonic boom) must have been pretty minimal. Andy |
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