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Old 18th Dec 2017, 11:04
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BRDuBois
 
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I've been curious about the space between the trees on the sides of the crash path. It didn't look wide enough for the plane to get through, but I presumed it was an artifact of my perspective. So plotting those trees was a primary interest in doing this virtual scene.

I've posted an image at https://ibb.co/kjvsvR

This shows the trees plotted using the graphic mentioned in the last post. The airplane is to scale and is positioned at ground level. There's not enough room for the plane to fit through there either nose- or tail-first, even lacking a substantial part of the right wing. It could conceivably fit through sideways, since the forward fuselage was missing by that time. Interesting.

ETA: image https://ibb.co/g83Fnb is a close-up of the gap, composed from film frames. No trees appear to be lying down or damaged. No obvious branches on the ground.

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