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Terminal Velocity
FromPlane Tales
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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Mar 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
It takes about 12 seconds for the human body to reach terminal velocity. At that speed they will see the earth’s surface approach them at 177 feet or 54 meters every second. These are the stories of a few survivors who have fallen from an aircraft, without opening a parachute... and survived!
The remarkable Juliane Koepcke
Nicholas Alkemade
RAF Lancasters
The Ju88 nightfighter
The Il-4
B17 Flying Fortress bombers on a mission over Europe
The B17 ball turret
Vesna Vulović and a JAT DC9
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the RAF, SDASM, IWM and clipperarctic. Other images are in the Public Domain or considered Fair Use.
The remarkable Juliane Koepcke
Nicholas Alkemade
RAF Lancasters
The Ju88 nightfighter
The Il-4
B17 Flying Fortress bombers on a mission over Europe
The B17 ball turret
Vesna Vulović and a JAT DC9
Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the RAF, SDASM, IWM and clipperarctic. Other images are in the Public Domain or considered Fair Use.
Released:
Mar 25, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
The Christmas Angels: To survive falling thousands of feet from a disintegrating airliner is a remarkable feat but that was just the start of the story! - - Title image under Creative Commons licence by Trotterjt. by Plane Tales