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Reheat	Jun 4 2008, 06:14 PM
Reheat Posts: 137 Group: BANNED! Member #605 Joined: 05/24/08	First of all, radar is not very accurate at low altitude. This is merely a guesstimate at best. No one should have a high degree of confidence in the numbers. If you want someone to verify your math, you're very close. I do it this way, it's simpler. 6619.681 / 11.915 = 555.57 fps (555.57 * 60) * 60 = 2000052 fph 2000052 / 5280 = 378.79 MPH = 329.177 KTS ETA: That's likely the speed when it was lost on radar and not the final speed, but I haven't plotted the coordinates to verify that. I doubt radar could track it all the way to the Pentagon. Edit by JFK - cleaning up quotes because no one else is in this thread yet. Edited by JFK, Jun 4 2008, 08:55 PM.


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