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Originally Posted by pavulon View Post
Does a black box recorder "survive" a 3xx mph to zero impact?
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Was supposedly approaching the speed of sound toward the end.
More like a 7xx mph to zero impact.

Flew LaGuardia to Cleveland once in a 737. Massive tail wind and flight was super late and it had the after burners on. Heard pilots talking to each other saying they/we were close to Mach 1 ground speed when we departed the jet in Cle. And that was without gravity assist.
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