jetcareers - View Single Post - airplane riddle (taken from another board)

Doug Taylor · November 27th, 2005, 10:59

Probably another way of explaining it, is that the engines pull/push the aircraft thru the air.

Otherwise, if you're taking off into a 50 knot headwind, you'd require a 100 knot TAS in order to get the 55 knots of GS to rotate in a 150!

November 27th, 2005, 10:59	#39
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 40,240 Blog Entries: 1	Probably another way of explaining it, is that the engines pull/push the aircraft thru the air. Otherwise, if you're taking off into a 50 knot headwind, you'd require a 100 knot TAS in order to get the 55 knots of GS to rotate in a 150! __________________ Doug Taylor http://76school.flyblog.com (old!) http://30west.flyblog.com (updated 11/28)