Re: BP M illing Time

That would have been Capt. (Col.) Joe Kittinger. Good man, still in consulting and flying last I heard. He did exceed the speed of sound on his 1960 balloon freefall.
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I've often wondered about that too, Putt. If a golf ball were dropped
at the upper stratosphere, (say, 100,000 feet) and discounting the
cross forces of jet streams and lower level wind all the way down,
would it still be accelerating to the point of impact, or would the
ambient air provide enough "drag" to reach a maximum velocity?

John

This is just a SWAG (and I'm going to go look it up somewhere), but I'll
bet it's something under 200mph.

LLoyd


Lets see if I can remember this from the sky-diving lessons..
the terminal velocity of a human body in a spread eagle position is around
120 MPH.. If you go head down, with your arms tucked against your side,
you can reach almost 200 MPH... Streamlining does make a difference :)
Waaaay back when, a Air Force (Captain, I believe) bailed out of a balloon
at over 100,000 Ft. of altitude.. In the thin air, he reached a brief
period of time when his terminal velocity was close to supersonic... When
he reached
the "thicker" atmosphere he slowed down to around 120 or so...

Putt...


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