this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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"in general, the cruising speed of a 737 is around 500-600 mph (800-970 km/h)."
Hurricane force wind is 74 mph (119 km/h)
An EF-5 tornado (top of the scale) is any with wind speeds of over 200 mph (322 km/h).
Here's a quote I found about a tornado (unknown rating):
"I've seen bits of straw embedded in telephone poles. Like all the way through. Something as flimsy as a piece of dried grass hurled with enough force to pierce through wood and come out the other side"
The jet is up to three times that speed. That selfie stick would be in multiple pieces in multiple people, pretty much instantly.
I was just thinking his face would look like a cartoon character with its face in a desk fan. Dog hanging its head out the window.
Is that the true air speed or indicated air speed? The pressure can make quite a difference to how much wind you feel for a given speed.
Even indicated airspeed at takeoff would be 180-200 knots, or 230 mph, which is still an F4 tornado and far in excess of any hurricane.
He's clearly not driving his plane at 600mph. And there isn't a tornado in the picture so the selfie stick and the hay are fine up there. It's real. Bigfoot, not real. 9/11, real. Vampires, not real. Pokemon, real.