Flight/Planes

[Debi]

Flames seen shooting out of a Boeing 747, prompting an emergency landing in Miami

Cellphone video captured the plane fly across the sky with what appears to be a trail of fire behind it. The Federal Aviation Administration, which is already investigating Boeing, said it will look into the latest incident on an Atlas Air flight.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Debi]

MSN

A roaring tailwind just hurled a passenger plane at 826 miles per hour​

 

[Lynne]

NASA officially unveils 'son of Concorde' X-59 quiet supersonic plane

The futuristic aircraft can reach supersonic speeds without producing deafening sonic booms.

www.unexplained-mysteries.com

This is amazing, 1000 miles per hour, how can the body sustain that force? Duke is there some type of internal protection for the pilot? I remember as a kid hearing the sonic booms on occasion but now days it never occurs. Have they really got that figured out now.

 

[Lynne]

MSN

A roaring tailwind just hurled a passenger plane at 826 miles per hour​

I wonder if the passengers could feel anything? I wonder if they saved gas, perhaps they should get a little rebate on their tickets lol.

 

[Duke]

This is amazing, 1000 miles per hour, how can the body sustain that force? Duke is there some type of internal protection for the pilot? I remember as a kid hearing the sonic booms on occasion but now days it never occurs. Have they really got that figured out now.

That's not that fast in the grand scheme of things, there were aircraft flying that fast in the late 1950s. In any event, it's not the speed that has an impact on the body, it's acceleration forces and altitude that cause problems.

Think about driving your car. If you accelerate to 70mph at a somewhat leisurely rate, you hardly feel it. If you really put you foot in it, you can feel yourself being thrown back in your seat. Once you get to and sustain 70mph, you really don't feel anything regardless of if you accelerated slowly or rapidly.

As you increase in altitude, air (and therefore oxygen) density decreases. To deal with altitude, most modern, higher performance aircraft have pressurized cabins. What this does is create an artificial environment within the cabin equivalent to a lower altitude, usually to that of around 8000 ft. This is how jetliners can cruise at near 40,000 feet without you suffocating. This research jet almost certainly is pressurized.

 

[crux]

I wonder if the passengers could feel anything?

Not unless there was turbulence. The 826 mph would only be relative to the ground. The airspeed would be the same as always.

 

[Lynne]

That's not that fast in the grand scheme of things, there were aircraft flying that fast in the late 1950s. In any event, it's not the speed that has an impact on the body, it's acceleration forces and altitude that cause problems.

Think about driving your car. If you accelerate to 70mph at a somewhat leisurely rate, you hardly feel it. If you really put you foot in it, you can feel yourself being thrown back in your seat. Once you get to and sustain 70mph, you really don't feel anything regardless of if you accelerated slowly or rapidly.

As you increase in altitude, air (and therefore oxygen) density decreases. To deal with altitude, most modern, higher performance aircraft have pressurized cabins. What this does is create an artificial environment within the cabin equivalent to a lower altitude, usually to that of around 8000 ft. This is how jetliners can cruise at near 40,000 feet without you suffocating. This research jet almost certainly is pressurized.

Thank you, Duke, you explained that perfectly!

 

[Debi]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/09/us/naples-florida-plane-crash/index.html

 

[Duke]

First time I've seen a video of a lightning strike on an aircraft.

 

[Lynne]

First time I've seen a video of a lightning strike on an aircraft.

OMG! Was anyone hurt? Did they have to land?