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Old July 7th 04, 06:55 PM
Mike Rapoport
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What difference would that make?

Mike
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"Earl Grieda" wrote in message
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"Luke Scharf" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 16:37:56 +0000, Casey Wilson wrote:
The guys sealed up a junked out cabin, pressurized it, then fired 9mm
bullets through first the skin and then a window. Nothing exciting
happened. Pretty interesting stuff.


One factor that they neglected to account for is that many airliners fly
at speeds approaching Mach 0.85. I'd have to see a section of aluminum
skin with a bullet-hole in it staying intact in a transonic wind-tunnel
that was running about that speed before I put much stock in their
results.

Also, if the test was done on the ground then of course nothing would
happen. It needs to done in a wind tunnel that is depressurized to

simulate
30K feet.

Earl G