vincent p. norris wrote:

A large airplane always appears to be goig slower than it is, because
we tend to judge speed by how long it takes the tail to reach the
spot where the nose was.

I was privileged to see the first public fly-bys of the 747, at Boeing
Field, Seattle, back in 1969. It appeared to be going far too slowly
to stay in the air--perhaps 40 or 50 knots.

Well, if that phenomenum applies to the Vimy, it would appear to be traveling
about walking speed.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.