Temperature riding on the wing of a jet

[Bede]

So I was bored starring out the window at work to day and I did some thinking.

So let's just say someone hung unto the wing (or tail) of a jet. How cold would they feel? At first I was thinking about the wind chill, but then on the other hand, the compressibility effects would probably warm a person up considerably. For example at FL380, SAT ~ -55, however, TAT ~ -25 at M0.78. -2 really isn't that cold so it would likely be quite survivable.

Any idea's?

[iflyforpie]

If they could hold on and their body wasn't torn to shreds... I would imagine that the compressibility for them would be higher... owing to the lower critical mach created by the very un-aerodynamic shape. (I may have got that incorrect... it's been a long time).

[digits_]

How would they breath ? Won't your lungs do funny things if you breath during those speeds ?

[AirFrame]

Depends whether you point your mouth into the wind (think balloon) or away from the wind.

[Meatservo]

Before they invented trains, the prevailing medical opinion was that any speed above 25 miles per hour would be fatal, as the breath would be sucked out of your lungs. For that reason, many people were afraid to ride on trains despite the fact that they'd seen other people do it perfectly safely.

[photofly]

-2 doesn't feel cold only when you're in warm clothes and have a layer of body-warmed air between you and the -2 environment. With that kind of wind velocity you're going to cool very very quickly, just like being in a freezing lake. A lake at zero degrees isn't survivable for very long.

It would be a good question to submit to this site:
https://what-if.xkcd.com/

[JDW]

There was that British Airways bac-111 that popped a windscreen and sucked the captain half way out. I know they slowed down and descended right away but the guy was out in the slipstream for something like 20 minutes and walked away with only a few bruises and some frostbite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Ai ... light_5390

[black hole]

I seem to remember something from the 1980s. [The human fly]. Was riding[stand up] on a 707 ??? something about 300 K.

BH

[linecrew]

I seem to remember something from the 1980s. [The human fly]. Was riding[stand up] on a 707 ??? something about 300 K.

BH

DC-8

[watermeth]

hey, why don't you ring Tom, he'll tell ya

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... 2155056001

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... plane.html

[5x5]

Geez Bede, if anyone from Ryanair's marketing department reads this site, you may have started something bad.

[rxl]

Yeah ... and they'll want to charge you extra for the heat!

[photofly]

I seem to remember something from the 1980s. [The human fly]. Was riding[stand up] on a 707 ??? something about 300 K.

BH

DC-8

Flaps are down - what a swizz.

[xchox]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIQQhqpVY80