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237 mph.
Un-powered. Nose-down. Free fall.
Years ago I was dead-heading on an Air National Guard cargo flight over Alaska when they lost two palettes and a new 1998 Dodge CTD 2500 off the open ramp at about 15K feet. Oops.
Someone did an estimate on the terminal velocity of the Dodge in a nose-dive (minimal deflection and drag) - V_t= \sqrt{\frac{2mg}{\rho A C_d }} - and came up with 237 mph.
Un-powered. Nose-down. Free fall.
Years ago I was dead-heading on an Air National Guard cargo flight over Alaska when they lost two palettes and a new 1998 Dodge CTD 2500 off the open ramp at about 15K feet. Oops.
Someone did an estimate on the terminal velocity of the Dodge in a nose-dive (minimal deflection and drag) - V_t= \sqrt{\frac{2mg}{\rho A C_d }} - and came up with 237 mph.
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237 mph.
Un-powered. Nose-down. Free fall.
Years ago I was dead-heading on an Air National Guard cargo flight over Alaska when they lost two palettes and a new 1998 Dodge CTD 2500 off the open ramp at about 15K feet. Oops.
Someone did an estimate on the terminal velocity of the Dodge in a nose-dive (minimal deflection and drag) - V_t= \sqrt{\frac{2mg}{\rho A C_d }} - and came up with 237 mph.
Un-powered. Nose-down. Free fall.
Years ago I was dead-heading on an Air National Guard cargo flight over Alaska when they lost two palettes and a new 1998 Dodge CTD 2500 off the open ramp at about 15K feet. Oops.
Someone did an estimate on the terminal velocity of the Dodge in a nose-dive (minimal deflection and drag) - V_t= \sqrt{\frac{2mg}{\rho A C_d }} - and came up with 237 mph.
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