Silly question but I'm in quarantine from COVID and not much work to be done. Watching Bond films. OK the opening scene from Goldeneye has an airplane (with engine running) falling off a cliff. Bond knows that is his only chance of escape, so he is riding a motorcycle off the cliff. He dives through the air, manages to land in the plane, and then takes control of the plane just before it crashes (of course).
I do not expect Bond films to be very realistic. I get that. But I started thinking--wouldn't a heavier object, especially one that was aerodynamically shaped like a plane, fall to the earth faster than Bond would?
Here is the scene--this clip starts when Bond chases after the plane.
I do not expect Bond films to be very realistic. I get that. But I started thinking--wouldn't a heavier object, especially one that was aerodynamically shaped like a plane, fall to the earth faster than Bond would?
Here is the scene--this clip starts when Bond chases after the plane.