Mythbusters and explosive decompression

uuuuhhhh,

What about that Hawaiian Air 737 that went "convertable" mid flight and
landed relatively intact?

What about the scores of military cargo aircraft that have been shot up and
still seem to stay together (not too structurally different, and made by the
lowest bidder!!!)

Hell, even the DHL A320 took a hit by a MANPAD and made it back...




"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.

-Luke

"Mark T. Mueller" wrote in message
...

What about the scores of military cargo aircraft that have been shot up
and
still seem to stay together (not too structurally different, and made by
the
lowest bidder!!!)


The military hasn't bought aircraft that way in a very long time.