Comments on: Britain From Above – Air Traffic http://contrailscience.com/britain-from-above-air-traffic/ The Science and Pseudoscience of Contrails and Chemtrails Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:51:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: JazzRoc http://contrailscience.com/britain-from-above-air-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-25880 JazzRoc Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:07:10 +0000 http://contrailscience.com/?p=148#comment-25880 Wickid:<blockquote>This is because the westbound planes need to fly 2000 feet higher over the beacon than eastbound ones.</blockquote> With the increasing accuracy of instrumentation, this has been reduced to 1000 feet. Personally I find this to be uncomfortably close, considering that the typical forward speed of cruising aircraft is 800 feet per second. A sneeze might put you where you might earnestly NOT wish to be.... Or someone else might make your mistake for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KWvtIsQ-Ck Wickid:
This is because the westbound planes need to fly 2000 feet higher over the beacon than eastbound ones.

With the increasing accuracy of instrumentation, this has been reduced to 1000 feet.
Personally I find this to be uncomfortably close, considering that the typical forward speed of cruising aircraft is 800 feet per second. A sneeze might put you where you might earnestly NOT wish to be….
Or someone else might make your mistake for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KWvtIsQ-Ck

]]> By: Suntour http://contrailscience.com/britain-from-above-air-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-25861 Suntour Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:43:12 +0000 http://contrailscience.com/?p=148#comment-25861 Nice, great info Wickid! Nice, great info Wickid!

]]> By: Wickid http://contrailscience.com/britain-from-above-air-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-25845 Wickid Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:17:01 +0000 http://contrailscience.com/?p=148#comment-25845 There is a civil aviation navigating beacon a few miles from where I live. I can often see this grid pattern emerging right overhead this beacon. Sometimes I can even see westbound planes creating contrails, and eastbound planes that don't. This is because the westbound planes need to fly 2000 feet higher over the beacon than eastbound ones. There is a civil aviation navigating beacon a few miles from where I live. I can often see this grid pattern emerging right overhead this beacon. Sometimes I can even see westbound planes creating contrails, and eastbound planes that don’t. This is because the westbound planes need to fly 2000 feet higher over the beacon than eastbound ones.

]]> By: Virga http://contrailscience.com/britain-from-above-air-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-4152 Virga Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:15:15 +0000 http://contrailscience.com/?p=148#comment-4152 This is a screenshot of the Dutch (Schiphol) ATC radar: http://b.imagehost.org/0587/ATC2.png It is quite busy in the sky! This is a screenshot of the Dutch (Schiphol) ATC radar:

http://b.imagehost.org/0587/ATC2.png

It is quite busy in the sky!

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