Another riddle involving planes

[SlipStreams_65]

Seeing as the other thread with the plane on the conveyor has died away, heres another one I thought up

A Glider with a minimum flight speed ( IE velocity of air over its wings needed to generate enough lift to keep it airborn) of 100 MPH flies into a jetstream moving at exactly 100 MPH, what happens:

A: If the glider flies into the jetstream, against the wind

B: If the glider flies with the wind.

I dont actually know the answer to this one myself.

[namu]

Having flown gliders in the past, here are my responses to this one:
A: glider suddendly sees its airspeed bump to 200 MPH, is violently shaken (some gliders can't sustain that speed in agitated air), and generally will slow down while rising because of increased drag and lift.

B: glider stalls, alarm goes off, nose pitches down. This happens to light aircraft in weather condition known as "microburst". People generally die from the almost guaranteed crash that comes right after that (since it tends to form near the ground, and catches planes after takeoff or just before landing).

[shadow_dragon]

Not so much a riddle as a question my friend! ;)

[Zarkazm]

+1, my dear Watson! :D

[Turret 49]

Seeing as the other thread with the plane on the conveyor has died away

No it hasn't.

[pwnghetti & leetballs]

Having flown gliders in the past, here are my responses to this one:
A: glider suddendly sees its airspeed bump to 200 MPH, is violently shaken (some gliders can't sustain that speed in agitated air), and generally will slow down while rising because of increased drag and lift.

B: glider stalls, alarm goes off, nose pitches down. This happens to light aircraft in weather condition known as "microburst". People generally die from the almost guaranteed crash that comes right after that (since it tends to form near the ground, and catches planes after takeoff or just before landing).

Do you have A and B backwards? I would think that flying against the wind would slow you down, not speed you up. :con:

[Kaithofis]

A: If the glider flies into the jetstream, against the wind


A: glider suddendly sees its airspeed bump to 200 MPH, is violently shaken (some gliders can't sustain that speed in agitated air), and generally will slow down while rising because of increased drag and lift.

That's exactly what he said ;)

[DesolationUSA]

Having flown gliders in the past, here are my responses to this one:
A: glider suddendly sees its airspeed bump to 200 MPH, is violently shaken (some gliders can't sustain that speed in agitated air), and generally will slow down while rising because of increased drag and lift.

B: glider stalls, alarm goes off, nose pitches down. This happens to light aircraft in weather condition known as "microburst". People generally die from the almost guaranteed crash that comes right after that (since it tends to form near the ground, and catches planes after takeoff or just before landing).

^ good thing I read your post, my fathers a small aircraft pilot. I was gonna post the same thing. Lol, thanks for saving me the time.

Do you have A and B backwards? I would think that flying against the wind would slow you down, not speed you up. :con:

Well, considering that would technically give it lift, it could give it speed. But that would be almost a 'perfect storm' scenerio

[namu]

Tha airspeed suddendly goes up, not the speed of the glider relative to the ground ;)

[pwnghetti & leetballs]

Ahh, I see now, my bad.

[Zxanphorian]

For B the airspeed would be 0 :B