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To: FreepShop1
How many seconds did he have, assuming he was going at least 40 mph?

His speed doesn't matter, because it was horizontal. What counts is the vertical acceleration of 32 feet per second per second. This works out to a bit over 6 seconds, ignoring air friction. Call it 7, and you'll probably be pretty close.

Of course, this assumes he flew to 600 feet down, and stopped abruptly. He probably bounced a few times, which would have taken longer.

96 posted on 07/14/2009 10:53:42 AM PDT by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: 3niner
This works out to a bit over 6 seconds, ignoring air friction. Call it 7, and you'll probably be pretty close.

Damn, that is a long time.

111 posted on 07/14/2009 11:04:53 AM PDT by FreepShop1
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