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Line 123: [[Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki#Bombing_of_Hiroshima]] says: {{tq\|Little Boy containing about 64 kg (141 lb) of uranium-235 took 44.4 seconds to fall from the aircraft flying at about 9,400 meters (31,000 ft) to a detonation height of about 580 meters (1,900 ft) above the city. Enola Gay traveled 18.5 km (11.5 mi) before it felt the shock waves from the blast.}} That is over 940 mph, but the top speed of [[Enola Gay]] is 339 mph. Is that a mistake? [[User:Vpab15\|Vpab15]] ([[User talk:Vpab15\|talk]]) 15:27, 13 June 2022 (UTC) ::"before it felt the shock waves" is the key statement -- the shockwave has its own travel time. So, 44 seconds of head start, plus relative position head start, plus distance travelled by the bomb (can be part of that relative position, but remember to include it), plus the relative overtake speed of shockwave versus plane-in-a-dive-to-add-speed. It seems plausible. [https://worldwar2headquarters.com/HTML/ww2-blog/atom-bomb-b29-escape-tactics-animated.html This page] says the goal was to achieve at least 7 miles of separation. (editing to add: [[509th_Composite_Group#Atomic_bomb_missions]] says it was "a minute", no firm precision, after the blast before the shockwave reached the aircraft -- point being, more time elapsed post-blast than pre-blast) — [[User talk:Lomn\|Lomn]] 15:39, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

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