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Location: SW Cheese Country
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It has been a couple decades for me as well, but anyone that has had about any engineering course can tell when you have that much deflection at that altitude it is going to stress the airframe beyond the design limits. Just like the plane Geoffry DeHaviland (sp?) crashed. Or the M21 with far less deflection, albeit at a higher speed.
Far different situation than coming down from 100km at speed or going out of control at a slow speed glide.
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