If you caught a dragonfly and brought it up on a plane...?

Question

and let it go at a high altitude, will it survive? will it freefall? glide?

Answer 1

depends how high if you dropped it at 3000 metres then it would probalbly survive but at 10000 metres it would die from the cold.

Answer 2

i think it would die because who knows how long they can fly without getting tired

Answer 3

If I assume high altitude to mean 30000-40000 ft, then it would probably freeze to death, then freefall, although the air currents might keep it aloft for quite a while.

Answer 4

it depends how high and what kind of plane. what an odd question :)

Since a jet can travel higher than an open cabin plane, and you would not be able to let it go outside of the plane, i am guessing you are talking about an open cabin plane. In which case the dragonfly would survive, and would glide.

If you are talking about a commercial airliner, the point is mute because you cannot release it outside of the plane, let alone get it on the plane.

Strange