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Old Jun 21, 2013 | 5:55 am
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An aircraft can never be in free fall; there is always lift (from the wings) acting on it.

To be in free-fall, there must be no force other than gravity [and drag, which is unavoidable unless in a vacuum] acting on that body.
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