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Old 01-11-2008, 01:44 AM   #98
Bill Bumface
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Originally Posted by kermitology View Post
What keeps you standing on the floor of the plane? Gravity right?

If the plane suddenly has a downward acceleration greater than that of gravity your acceleration is still that of gravity and you go up relative to the plane right?

At least that's how I'd think of it.
Yeah, I was just curious what happens in the air that causes the plane to accelerate downwards faster than gravity... I was hoping for a flight guru to chime and and explain it a bit.
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