Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/06

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Subject: Re: upside-down airplanes (was: [Leica] Optical Question)
From: "Douglas Herr" <telyt@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 05:07:54 +0800

Greg Locke wrote:

> At 11:56 AM 06/03/02 -0800, you wrote:
> 
> 
> >They had done everything but a victory roll or fly upside down which I
> >thought would be a cool experience in a 727. I know it's not like a
> >Spitfire, but what the heck it's an aeroplane isn't it? ;-)
> 
> ... only until the wings fall off. Then its just another falling object :^)
> 
 
Almost.  If the airplane's wings are not designed to support the weight of the fuselage when upside-down, the fuselage falls off the wings.
 

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