X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:10:39 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail40c8.megamailservers.com ([69.49.106.190] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.11) with ESMTPS id 2244045 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 05 Aug 2007 15:11:40 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=69.49.106.190; envelope-from=jhk@clearwire.net X-POP-User: jhk.clearwire.net Received: from hoben59c2e82ed (74-61-136-213.bel.clearwire-dns.net [74.61.136.213]) by mail40c8.megamailservers.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with SMTP id l75JAx1Z021556 for ; Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:11:01 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <001801c7d794$61591c30$0201a8c0@hoben59c2e82ed> From: "James H. Keyworth" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Terminal velocity X-Original-Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 12:11:04 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C7D759.B2126680" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 Disposition-Notification-To: "James H. Keyworth" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C7D759.B2126680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I wrote: "Terminal Velocity for a human is between 115 and 120 mph. According to Newton and Galileo, anything else (not in powered dive) should fall at the same rate. N'est ce pas?" After reflecting on followup posts I agree: the "n'est ce pas" would have to be "pas". Drop height and atmospheric density and "streamlining" are important considerations. I remember now reading of Capt. Kittinger's remarkable feat; what stuck in my mind was how he (while in the balloon capsule) could feel turbulence from thunderstorms 12 to 15 miles below him! JHK ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01C7D759.B2126680 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I wrote: "Terminal Velocity for a human is = between 115=20 and 120 mph. According to Newton and Galileo, anything else = (not in=20 powered dive) should fall at the same rate. N'est ce = pas?"

After reflecting on followup posts I = agree: the=20 "n'est ce pas" would have to be "pas". Drop height and atmospheric = density=20 and "streamlining" are important considerations.

I remember now reading of Capt. = Kittinger's=20 remarkable feat; what stuck in my mind was how he (while in the balloon = capsule)=20 could feel turbulence from thunderstorms 12 to 15 miles=20 below him!

JHK

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