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Orbital velocity, however, is about 17,000 MPH, with the lowest orbit being about 100 miles up. The parking orbit for the Apollo lunar missions, before setting off for the moon, were at 107 to 119 miles altitude..
Well, it depends on how long it took a P39 to get to orbital escape velocity. Which brings in the age old question. Should the nose armourOr why it should affect a P-39 ...
I have to go with GregP on that.
Or why it should affect a P-39 ...
Because the P-39 was also the first space vehicle, that's why!
I thought everybody knew that!
Since I can't seem to edit my post here is a link to the Firestone 500 recall
Ever hear of the Firestone 500 tire recall? In 1978, Firestone announced the recall of 14.5 million steel belted radials produced by the company, the largest tire recall to date.
Firestone’s problems arose from the company trying to switch to a new tire building technology without first perfecting the methods to d...justacarguy.blogspot.com
Interesting. We didn't have Firestone in my part of Australia when steel belted radials first started to sell but we did have UniroyalThe really bad Firestone tires were the 721 series, that had the steel belting seperate from the casing.
My Texaco stopped selling Firestine and switched to Uniroyal and General.
Funny you should mention Firestone tire recalls from the 1970's. I bought a set of the 500's replacement the 721 Steel Belted radials for a very stock 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix, and had one of the belts separate after about 1000 miles. Took it back to the dealer I bought it from only to have the manager refuse to warranty it (2 year warranty at the time of purchase) because the 19 year old me had obviously "abused" the tire! After having my father's lawyer call to Firestone's corp office suddenly got me a replacement set of a different style tire.When I was in college, I had Firestone 500s on a Chevy Vega (mine was definitely NOT a bad car at all) and, after going through the mill of Firestone dealers, I've never bought another Firestone tire or anything else since then.
Just iike every other plane in the competition.
No heater or armor or cannon required at race altitude.