Hello everyone!
I heard the following story. Do you think it's true?
Concorde flies at such speed that the body heats up and expands to the extent that, when stationary there is no gap between the wall behind the pilot and the back of his seat. When it is supersonic, a considerable gap develops. On Concorde's final flight, the captain took of his hat and put it in the gap, for it to be squashed in the gap and preserved forever when the aircraft came to a standstill.
I'm an engineer and can think of a thousand reasons why this shouldn't be true but it seems like such a good story. Any thoughts??
2006-08-24
23:46:17
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haggis
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