Re: Galileo Day

Tim Bates (tbates@karri.bhs.mq.edu.au)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 14:38:25 +1100

Ian
> PROOF (that CIA fabricated flight 800 records)
> The distance an object will fall from rest in a
> given time (t) in a vacuum is found with the equation
> (.5 * g * t^2)

umm, i understand that aircraft are seldom at rest when in flight ...

Try factoring in the momentum (.5*mv^2) of a 400-to-800 thousand pound aircraft (depending on load and fuel status) traveling at maybe 490 knots.

It will slough off some of that M in vectoring down to earth but it still 'aint going to be starting the trip from rest.

cheers,
tim