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12th Jul 2014, 07:00

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Captain Gidday

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Would a 5mm rock travelling at 200kph penetrate an aircraft skin?

Probably not.
Would a 5mm rock coming in head on with a closing speed of nearly 1100 km/hr penetrate an aircraft skin?
I suspect it would.

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