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Old 05-31-2012, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by LarryBible View Post
What is curious is that you don't see the weeds leaned over in the wind, or any debris flying by. I realize that the absence of the engines is decreasing the stall speed considerably, but it still is almost suspicious.

I wonder what the stall speed of a 747 is, 140MPH? Even if the absence of engines cut the stall speed in half, you would think there would be other indications of a 70MPH wind.
I can see movement in the grasses, some dust clouds and every now and then some stuff blows across the pavement.

Time to clean some dust off that monitor, Larry.
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