The math of saving the Enola Gay #SoME3

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How did the Enola Gay, the airplane that dropped the atomic bomb over Hiroshima, survive the strong shockwave from the nuclear explosion? The answer is a clever maneuver that can be derived using high-school physics and geometry. #some3 Erratum: @21:20 "1450 km" should be "1450 m" Playlist Physics of Nuclear Weapons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_UV-wQj1lvUhNttvv4_KsYrQxHygj3Ey Code available on GitHub https://github.com/jsdiazpo/Saving-the-Enola-Gay Affiliate links (may earn a commission): - How to Fall Slower Than Gravity https://amzn.to/3SQA7Dt - The Making of the Atomic Bomb https://amzn.to/49ti6kX Credits: - all footage is of public domain - problem adapted and presentation extended from "How to Fall Slower Than Gravity" by Paul Nahin 00:00 Introduction 01:10 dangerous mission 02:58 nuclear shockwave 05:43 the naive path 09:04 saving the Enola Gay 21:35 final solution 24:15 Hiroshima