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To: F15Eagle

I remember a series of similar crashes with Lear jets about 30 years ago. According to the NTSB, the pilots were flying them at such a high altitude, the stall speed and Mach speed were starting to merge. The aircraft would stall, pitch nose down, and go into a supersonic dive. Control surface flutter made the alerons and elevator useless. The aircraft basically turned into a high speed lawn dart.


9 posted on 01/10/2013 10:14:59 PM PST by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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