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Old February 24th 06, 04:54 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default Lighter than air...

Richard Lamb wrote:

Air is sure strange stuff...


One of my favorite physics lesson is what happens when you have a
helium baloon floating in the back of your car.

Hit the gas, it flies forward.

Stomp the brakes, it flies to the back.

Or more accurately, the air in the car does the opposite.

Mark "light is relative" Hickey