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Old February 15th 10, 08:44 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default They call it the impossible turn.

On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:10:00 -0000, wrote:

The hero has to roll the airliner inverted to blow out the fire because "the
wind is blowing faster on the top of the airplane than the bottom".


Well of course silly.. don't you remember that from first day ground
school? It's one the axioms of the Bernoulli principle.

OMG, did I just see that on HBO? Was that "Turbulence" with the flight
attendant landing the airplane?


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