Gee what do you think the indicated airspeed is at M.85 at FL350?

Mike
MU-2


"Luke Scharf" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:37:56 +0000, Casey Wilson wrote:
The guys sealed up a junked out cabin, pressurized it, then fired 9mm
bullets through first the skin and then a window. Nothing exciting
happened. Pretty interesting stuff.

One factor that they neglected to account for is that many airliners fly
at speeds approaching Mach 0.85. I'd have to see a section of aluminum
skin with a bullet-hole in it staying intact in a transonic wind-tunnel
that was running about that speed before I put much stock in their
results.

-Luke