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From: adolph@ssc-vax.UUCP (Mark C. Adolph)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Soviet and American Shuttles
Summary: Ground effect
Message-ID: <2319@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 88 23:41:23 GMT
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In article <2008@kalliope.rice.edu> phil@Rice.edu (William LeFebvre) writes:
>Quite right.  I watched this last landing very closely, and decided that
>the shuttle can glide very nicely when it wants to.  After the flare and
>on final approach, it looks like a regular plane coming in for a landing.

I believe that the Enterprise drop-tests revealed that the shuttle got
better ground effect lift than was anticipated.  I'd like to see them
flare that thing at 8000 feet and ride some thermals for a while :-).

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					-- Mark A.
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