Morgans wrote:

Another thing to keep in mind, is that airplanes work by the laws of
physics.

True enough.

An airplane, be it large or small, can not have zero airspeed for
even an instant, or it will stop flying, and fall out of the air.

Dave Morgan, Sharkey Ward, and a host of other Royal Air Force, Royal
Navy, United States Marine Corps, and Spanish Navy pilots would beg
to differ.

What remains, is the fact that the jet you saw did not stop, and what you
perceived was due to your observation being in error, in some manner.

Given that the reported wind speed that day was quite modest (*way*
short of tornado-grade), that is clearly true of the "cargo jet"
which Debbie described.

I guess it is conceivable that its cargo included a Pegasus engine,
but the aeroplane certainly wasn't being held aloft by one ...