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In response to "B2: There wasn't any formal plan for having that many people on the deck of the plane, much less any multiple levels." by JD

Yeah, that's a LOT of people and a serious concern for the pilots. Gotta keep the nose down or your cargo shifts to the rear, which would be very bad. -- nm

Posted by TWuG Aug 17 '21, 09:59

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Indeed. Though the C-17 can fly remarkably slow for its size and has corresponding low stall speed. More for the people barely restrained to keep - JD Aug 17, 10:10 [youtube] 1
- I'm always amazed something that large can get into the air at all. -- nm - TWuG Aug 17, 10:40
so, no loop-the-loops? -- nm - decline Aug 17, 10:05 1
- You'd start a loop and pretty quickly pancake into the ground. There are several videos of large cargo craft losing lift due to - TWuG Aug 17, 10:11

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