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Old Nov 9, 2011, 8:27 pm
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midlevels
 
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Originally Posted by percysmith
Not really. It appears the aircraft still has lift. It's just encountered strong headwinds it has little forward momentum.
It has lift because of the headwinds. If the headwinds suddenly die down, thus killing the lift, combined with the little forward momentum, what happens?
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