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		bigfatkitten 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle col... I’d hazard a guess that the speed of impact was much more than 24mph, seeing how the nose of the aircraft was obliterated.

jleyank 23 days ago | [–]

Aircraft, remember, are aluminum balloons with wings. Hit something solid, particularly if filled with incompressible fluid, is a bad day. People f*ck up, people die.

cpncrunch 23 days ago | [–]

114kts. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/568287

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