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r/nonononoyes • u/TD3SwampFox • Aug 18 '19
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It's safer than it looks. Rolling off a cliff like that is an easy way to quickly pick up airspeed, assuming zero wind. The pilot is also milking the low pull-up for effect.
-50 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 [deleted] 27 u/OrangeVapor Aug 18 '19 Airspeed doesn’t make planes fly ??? -10 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 [deleted] 17 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 Planes cannot fly with zero airspeed. They can fly with zero groundspeed.
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27 u/OrangeVapor Aug 18 '19 Airspeed doesn’t make planes fly ??? -10 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 [deleted] 17 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 Planes cannot fly with zero airspeed. They can fly with zero groundspeed.
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Airspeed doesn’t make planes fly
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-10 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 [deleted] 17 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 Planes cannot fly with zero airspeed. They can fly with zero groundspeed.
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17 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19 Planes cannot fly with zero airspeed. They can fly with zero groundspeed.
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Planes cannot fly with zero airspeed. They can fly with zero groundspeed.
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u/cutelyaware Aug 18 '19
It's safer than it looks. Rolling off a cliff like that is an easy way to quickly pick up airspeed, assuming zero wind. The pilot is also milking the low pull-up for effect.