PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Gliding in a 777, 747 etc...Can it be done.?
Old 6th August 2001 | 18:00
  #12 (permalink)  
QAVION
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Post

"I would imagine that the 777 without power would have the gliding characteristic`s of a wetmattress!!.......or a manhole cover!!"

Hey, don't denigrate the humble manhole cover! I read somewhere that a manhole cover was the first man-made object to leave the earth's orbit.... i.e. one on top of an early underground nuclear test site