How are those flight path calculations coming along, Turbo?
Waiting for someone here to approve the prelim numbers. What do you
think, can we go with it?
Can one of you math specialists or experts in "the physics of flight" consider
Lloyde's story in context and work out some calculations for me here?
Use approximated specs of the pole, and the tapered weight of the lighter bent top end in contrast to the much heavier bottom end that Lloyde claims was over the hood.
What sort of energy we should expect from the approach of a 90 ton Boeing
at 530+ MPH?
Also calculate the effect of the cab traveling about 40 mph in the opposite direction.
Then calculate what kind of forces would act on the pole as the car skidded
to a stop sideways.
(imagine the 30 foot long pole still inside the cab as described by Lloyde and required by the interior damage)
Does it really make sense to you that the heavy end of the long pole would remain suspended over the hood through this entire experience?
No damage to the roof, windshield frame, or even causing more damage to
the windshield?
After you figure all of that, ask yourself how the pole ended up through the
windshield when Llyod's car was several feet away from the impact point
when he claimed it entered his cab.