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Old 3rd Dec 2012, 12:43
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What is meaningless is that you choose to ignore the energy with which you meet the ground. 17 knots V 60 knots. When you meet the ground in your forced landing at 60 knots, you still have to stop. It is not the aircraft meeting the ground which kills people, it is what happens with all that additional energy that you still have and what happens with it as you meet the ploughed field at almost 70 mph.
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