Re: [Flightgear-users] Breaking the Sound Barrier in a 747

2007-07-12 Thread Bernhard Kuhn
Ron Jensen wrote: > All contradicted by the official > report:http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR81-08.pdf Thanks for the link, interessting read, especially Page -35- (page 39 in the pdf): 8< The aircraft descended in a spiral dive from 39,000 to about 5,000 feet in 63 seconds

Re: [Flightgear-users] Breaking the Sound Barrier in a 747

2007-07-12 Thread Ron Jensen
>From http://www.definethis.org/word/Twa_841.html The 727 in question "... went into a spiral dive, losing about 34,000 feet in 63 seconds." and "It was later estimated from the flight data recorder that the plane was momentarily supersonic." All contradicted by the official report:http://www.air