"...it is plausible that the plane would begin to disintegrate once the speed surpassed its so-called "design limit."
There's the answer everyone has been waiting for
In one of those above links parts did start coming off one of the planes.
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In one of those above links parts did start coming off one of the planes.
Jet-Fighter7700
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Well according to the pilots of that Fedex freighter,
The speed was so fast, the altimeter, maxed out, couldn't go any faster,
And all this in the equivalent of a flying bus.....
Still amazed they alive, after the terrible injuries and the abuse of their aircraft....
I would have thought their "bus" would have broken up way before then...
Do you have a link because google comes up with nothing?
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Idiosyncratic
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Didn't exceed the speed of sound though
Jetliners have a Vne below the speed of sound - meaning, parts can come off before exceeding the sound barrier.
Yes, please, share the link. Would make for a great flying story at the clubhouse
Seriously though, I want a time-stamped photo of that altimeter before I believe it.
Idiosyncratic
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Checked the list of Fedex incidents - nothing. Some of you have some serious explaining to do 
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Didn't exceed the speed of sound though
Where did I or the article say it did?
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How does speed affect an altimeter to "max" out?
Idiosyncratic
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You didn't! That's the point - we were discussing breaking the sound barrier
I was looking for the source of the info of the Fedex flight (which I reckon is bogus) he was talking in about - not where A/C exceeded Vne, because I can tell you a lot about that