What happens if you fly towards space ?

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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| "Stan J. Lefosi" wrote in message
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| Been watching "The Mouse that Roared" lately?

I meant the sequel, "The Mouse on the Moon."

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Have a helo pilot friend, says above 500 ft agl he feels oxygen starvation,
space motion sickness, gravity effects, etc.
Oh boy.......


After two seasons of banner towing, anything over 800' was "High altitude." And
anything over 55 mph was breakneck speed. And a 100 mile route was a long
flight into indian country.

Though the ag pilots I talked to really have it- they were telling me they get
nosebleeds above 50' :-)

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Mike

From: Mxsmanic
Date: 11/2/2003 6:56 AM Central Standard Time

Beyond a certain altitude (usually from
30,000-90,000 feet, depending on the aircraft), there isn't enough air
to maintain lift and/or power the engines, and so you can't go any
higher than that, which prevents
That is why the GLIDER altitude record is just a tad under 50,000 feet.
Never got over 18,300 feet myself. Mac

Mackfly writes:

That is why the GLIDER altitude record is just a tad under 50,000 feet.
Never got over 18,300 feet myself.

It's conceivable that a glider could fly at just about any altitude that
can be attained by dust or other solid matter, if the glider were
ideally constructed. The higher the altitude, the more difficult it is
to construct such a glider, though. I can easily understand a glider
with a higher ceiling than a powered aircraft, simply because the lack
of a power plant greatly reduces the weight of the aircraft.

Still, 50,000 feet is very impressive!

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