How Can It Be Too Hot To Fly?

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How does heat affect airplanes? Turns out heat, speed and density connect to create dangerous situations. Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Nicholas Smith, Tim Curwick, Alexander Wadsworth, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/business/flying-climate-change.html www.wired.com/story/phoenix-flights-canceled-heat/ www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/newton3.html www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFO4PBolwFg www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/why-planes-too-hot-to-fly-heat-aircraft/ aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/1531/does-temperature-affect-takeoff-performance www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9035708/Cambridge-scientist-debunks-flying-myth.html iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0031-9120/38/6/001/pdf www.flydenver.com/about/press_kit/runways_airfield Images: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phoenix_(4270737598).jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runway_8_26_markings,_DEN.jpg commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DEN_airport_jpg.jpg

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