.......... plus, any acceleration downwards over 32ft per sec/per sec would
have given you negative G and pinned you to the roof. Weightlessness denotes
falling freely in a gravity field. You were accelerating downwards ( if it
was exactly zero g ) at a rate of 32 feet per sec/ per sec. at the end of
ten seconds this would result in a velocity of 320 ft per second or a little
over 218 MPH ( ignoring drag ) unless my schooldays maths are totally up the
creek ( always a possibility!)

Les


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"Keith Southend 2" wrote in message
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A colleague at work on his return from Greece this Monday 8th
September 2003 described to me a quite scary event during his
flight.

He was flying with Britannia Airways, flight number BY368(we think),
out of Zakynos (Zante) . It was still dark and one hour into the
flight the aircraft suddenly turned to the left and dropped rapidly
for what seemed a few minutes. The captain or crew made no comment as
to what the problem was, but a number of people said they wouldn't fly
again.

I'll put my (retired) pilot's hat on!

It is usually, but not always possible to avoid the worst of the
turbulence.

I have little doubt that this second hand story has become embellished in
the telling
(dropped....for a few minutes!)

Nevertheless, the captain should have made some comment, preferably before
the event and certainly afterwards. It probably meant absolutely nothing
to
the flight crew, but I always remembered that the passengers paid my
wages.
So even if their fears were a little unreasonable (in my opinion) I would
always reassure them that this was nothing to worry about, the aircraft is
designed for this level of turbulence (even if my coffee cup wasn't) etc.
I
never received a single complaint about not keeping them informed about
the
weather. I did receive complaints from the punters about other things (eg
why their baggage had gone missing, or why we were late again)

Jack