From: Spike Jones (spike66@ibm.net)
Date: Sun Feb 21 1999 - 10:49:57 MST
> IAN: Michael, can you point me to a physics
> book that explains how the atmosphere can
> enable an object to fall faster than the
> same object dropped in a vacuum? ... A
> few simple thought experiments confirm...
imagine a fighter jet flying upside down straight
and level at high speed. pilot pulls back on the
stick, jet accelerates downward at several g's.
spike
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