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To: Delta 21

If the article is correct, 1000 feet from pilot info.

BUT!

1000 feet (from article)/(13 sec * 1.5 feet per second / 1 MPH) = 52 MPH terminal velocity


17 posted on 08/15/2017 11:10:42 AM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: fishtank

the phone was helicoptering on the way down... and the footage was sped up to save time...

hit soft bush and survived...


19 posted on 08/15/2017 11:28:44 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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