Reminds me, saw a LAPES vid once where they had blivets for the drop. I recall it all went sideways and the blivets were doing the damnedest acrobatics...sort of like she would. But one could find stopping distance that way I guess.

Always wondered why big ships weren't built with speed brakes. Have heard that super tankers can take up to 10 miles, but a lot of them are single screw boats. My old rocket ship the Harpoon had K-Planes on the ass end and if deployed after throttle cut would take it from 80 to 0 in about 100 yards. W/O it was over 200 yards.



I am..........disturbed.

Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain