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July 7th 04, 06:55 PM
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What difference would that make?
Mike MU-2 "Earl Grieda" wrote in message ink.net... "Luke Scharf" wrote in message news  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 
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