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re: Challenger 604 Jet has crashed on I-75 near Naples Florida
Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:49 am to Bobby OG Johnson
Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:49 am to Bobby OG Johnson
Because I’m admittedly ignorant of this, how hard would it be to essentially dive to maintain enough air speed for lift then land? Just treat it as a glider?
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Posted on 2/10/24 at 9:55 am to brass2mouth
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Because I’m admittedly ignorant of this, how hard would it be to essentially dive to maintain enough air speed for lift then land? Just treat it as a glider?
I’d imagine you’d have to have a lot of altitude to make this happen. Sounds like they were pretty low when the engines failed.
Posted on 2/10/24 at 10:01 am to brass2mouth
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Because I’m admittedly ignorant of this, how hard would it be to essentially dive to maintain enough air speed for lift then land? Just treat it as a glider?
They were probably at about 2000 feet when they lost the engines. Not enough altitude to trade for airspeed or not enough airspeed to trade for altitude. It's all about managing your potential energy(altitude) for kenitic energy(airspeed) or vice versa. If you're already low and slow you're kinda fricked.
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