7. The Twilight Zone: “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet”

Listen to the podcast here: http://notyourmom.libsyn.com/7-the-twilight-zone-nightmare-at-20000-feet

Can you survive on the wing of an airplane in flight? Can you move around and tinker with the engines? Can you drink liquid out of a paper envelope? Nikki and Sher dive into the physics of aerodynamics (thanks Robin!) and defend Shatner’s acting. Join us!

Articles/sites referenced in the show:

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/fyi-could-you-survive-flight-strapped-wing-plane

https://www.quora.com/How-cold-is-it-outside-when-an-airplane-flies-at-its-highest

https://what-if.xkcd.com/66/

http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Four-teens-hold-on-to-trees-during-tornado-411610835.html

https://www.google.com/search?q=EF-2+tornado&oq=EF-2+tornado&aqs=chrome..69i57.3287j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/fyi-could-you-survive-flight-strapped-wing-plane

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/11/27/air-canada-screw-loose-vancouver_n_6233936.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/11/10/passenger-propeller-air-canada-flight_n_6131600.html

Pocket Sher

http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Gremlin_(Twilight_Zone)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734600/trivia?tab=gf&ref_=tt_trv_gf