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Forum: Tech Log

25th Aug 2013, 08:54

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UPS cargo crash near Birmingham AL

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Posted By valvanuz

Using Google earth, I compute the following: ...

Using Google earth, I compute the following:
highway altitude:+/- 640ft
Mrs Benson pine tree altitude: +/-830ft
distance from highway to pine tree: +/-14200ft

That makes for an angle of less...

Forum: Tech Log

21st Aug 2013, 09:56

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UPS cargo crash near Birmingham AL

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Posted By valvanuz

vertical speed

The issue is that we do not know the plane vertical speed.

If they had a high descent rate, 13 seconds before tree impact(+/- 850ft), they could be high enough to see the runway assuming normal...

Forum: Tech Log

21st Aug 2013, 07:29

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UPS cargo crash near Birmingham AL

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Posted By valvanuz

mm landing profile

Very interesting profile. I made one (not nearly as clear) for myself and came to the same conclusions.

I used the latest USGS map (2003 elevation database) with the following altitude curves:...

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