A good approximation but John made one mistake. The 200m vertical will be integrated
into the path of the plane. Imagine the ground distance as being in a straight
line (unfold the laps), now you have a right triangle where the plane is travelling
down the hypotenuse, with base of about 640m and height of 200m. Using Pythagorean
theorem, the length of the hypotenuse is about 670m, not 840. So, Daryl's average
speed was roughly around 107 mph.
Eric.
>
>4 X 160 (150m+turn radius+ any over, most likely more)= 640 meters
>200 meters start height - zero finishing height (actually a couple of feet
>;-) =200 meters
>200 vertical meters + 640 horizontal meters = 840 meters.
>
>This is probably quite close.
>"In wine there is wisdom,
>In beer there is strength,
>In water there is bacteria."
>German proverb
Cool signature line, John!
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