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Resistance. >> path of least resistance. i talk to experts all the time and they say planes can take a lot. tell us how much a plane can take. >> they can. and if you've ever gone to the videos on the internet and watched boeing take wings of a 787, they can fold those wings and make them touch above the top of the fuselage of the airplane. they flex quite a bit. it's designed and it has to be certified to withstand certain levels of g-forces and structurally be able to withstand turbulence. now, turbulence in the form of up-and-downdrafts continuously can be an issue, especially if the pilot ...

The search that's going on, there's a search that's been launk launched by singapore and malaysia. now, you think, okay, i'm looking for an oil slick and pieces of the plane. but what can we expect from these teams that are out there looking? what are they looking for beyond the obvious? >> one of the things they are looking for is the elt, emergency locator transmitter to listen to that. we heard about this when we were talking about the missing malaysia plane searching to find any sound they might hear emitted from that device. that's a big thing depending on the g-forces that occurred upon ...

It comes to vizsibilityvisibility if i can show you the radar, this is something very new now. as we get in close, the thunderstorms disperse. this is fabulous news right now. i mean, a bird's-eye view is showing if we get sunlight, sea fog will burn off. this is the best news we've had in 24 hours. >> i'm very glad to see that. it's interesting you point out that those thunderstorms, ceiling of 53,000 feet. this plane, the ceiling where it can fly is 40,000 feet. there's no getting above that storm. here's another question that we got in from jim. he asked us "why are we not hearing about the...

Made the car lighter, better handling, braking and fuel efficiency. >> bringing the racing technology and aerospace to the street car. >> the newest innovation is called a performance data recorder. >> first in the industry to offer onboard data and video audio recorder built into the car. >> on the road course you could see the g forces. the corvette drifting more than two feet from the track and even the hard brake around a turn. corvette project manager got the inspiration from video games. >> you get the instant replay after you race, and you can see that. why couldn't we bring that into r...

Back to earth. >> no way! oh, that's awesome. >> how you feeling? >> i feel great. >> all done. >> that was, like, the best roller coaster ever. >> do you feel like you have the right stuff now? >> not sure about that. >> she had told me it would feel like a baby on my chest is all. i was like, that feels more like a baby elephant. >> that's g-forces, right? how much? >> well, they say they'll be pulling about six gs when they do this. they have to prepare. the way they've designed it, it's a certain kind of g that only goes at you this way. the worst one is one that drains