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Hey @IanF , help me understand. I understand that during turbulence the plane could fall and people would be weightless, but in so many of these stories you hear of people hitting the plane roof with force, as if the plane is being 'pulled' down faster than gravity. What gives?

Simon wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 9:16 am Hey @IanF , help me understand. I understand that during turbulence the plane could fall and people would be weightless, but in so many of these stories you hear of people hitting the plane roof with force, as if the plane is being 'pulled' down faster than gravity. What gives?

Wind pushes the plane down? Pilots dive out of the bumpy bit of the sky? Gremlins?

Simon wrote: Wed May 22, 2024 9:16 am Hey @IanF , help me understand. I understand that during turbulence the plane could fall and people would be weightless, but in so many of these stories you hear of people hitting the plane roof with force, as if the plane is being 'pulled' down faster than gravity. What gives?

I am not a pilot, but people & other things bounce off the roof when the plane undergoes negative-G. Which is most likely caused by a sudden pitch nose-down (relative to it's situation moments earlier - so it could be level flight into nose-down, or return to level-ish flight from a sudden nose-up pitch etc etc).

@IanF will be along to confirm shortly, but there is always this too....

Newton’s Laws of Motion explain the issue. Human body (unattached) complies with First Law, whilst Aircraft experiences his Second Law. The Third Law is when the aircraft and body connect.

@GG.; side hustle? https://www.flightradar24.com/GGSPY/3560854b

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-69056052

Battle of Britain memorial flight spitfire has come down in Lincolnshire, killing the pilot. RIP

nuttinnew wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 2:58 pm @GG.; side hustle? https://www.flightradar24.com/GGSPY/3560854b

I checked how much those little 'copters cost -£350k second hand

jamcg wrote: Sat May 25, 2024 11:08 pm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-69056052

Battle of Britain memorial flight spitfire has come down in Lincolnshire, killing the pilot. RIP

My son asked if he could have a passenger ride in one when he saw them at goodwood... not so sure its a good idea (plus you have to be 18 and it is
$$$)

I’m just waiting now to see if it’s a mechanical failure or something like this near miss from last year, between a hurricane and some prick flying his drone about

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co ... 241328.amp

engine ingestion fatality - Schipol.

Not much info available at this point, but RIP.

mik wrote: Thu May 30, 2024 8:07 am engine ingestion fatality - Schipol.

Not much info available at this point, but RIP.

Rule 1 is don't stick your head in the spinny thing.

I seem to remeber something similar happening to someone on a US aircraft carrier.
Found it!
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/video-s ... ne-design/

Identifies as; https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=401f08

Chinook and Apache near-ish by, their sound doesn't half travel.

I wonder what effect (if any) it had on the engines.

The C-17 from today's Trooping flyover; https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c04e
It was cool seeing the line of planes on there as they got in formation and approached

@Mito Man if you're in Kent today you should get a good view of The Red Arrows; https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/ ... nd-308988/

nuttinnew wrote: Sun Jun 30, 2024 3:17 pm @Mito Man if you're in Kent today you should get a good view of The Red Arrows; https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/ ... nd-308988/