OT: Pliotseye

[FlourBluffHorn]

Man I flown a lotta miles with these 2 pilots, they show ya all the systems and how they work , you can learn a lot by watching these guys, Can't get enough, these guys are so cool

 

[oldschoolcat]

That's a cool video. But how on earth did they make it from SFO to Frankfurt in under 10 hours is beyond me. My flight from IAH was over 12.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

That's a cool video. But how on earth did they make it from SFO to Frankfurt in under 10 hours is beyond me. My flight from IAH was over 12.

Faast Flyers? I would think it was a long flight as I have been to Stuttgart before, then I seen how long the flight from here to Singapore was and I could not make that flight,,,LOL plus it was his retirement flight..LOL had to make that fast.lol

 

[clob94]

That's a cool video. But how on earth did they make it from SFO to Frankfurt in under 10 hours is beyond me. My flight from IAH was over 12.

Polar flight my dude.

Because you spent your entire grade school life sitting in class rooms that had a flat map of the earth hanging on the wall, or a flat map of the earth in your text book, you were conditioned to think of distance as linear. Example-- you just visualized where San Fran is and then you drew an imaginary straight line in your mind from San Fran across Montana and the great Lakes and Canada and then the north Atlantic across southern England over France and into Frankfurt. You were thinking in linear fashion.

But as you know, the earth is round. Now, imagine you're standing over the top of a globe and instead of flying across America, your draw a straight line from San Fran over the polar ice pack and then drop south over the Nordic countries and into Germany.

Now you're not thinking linear, you're thinking 3 dimensional--about a sphere.

Pretty cool how the brain works.

@GuaranteedFresh! Is the airplane expert and trajectory expert and could probably tell you the technical name or jargon used to describe what I just explained.

 

[oldschoolcat]

I didn't pull out my globe...but I certainly didn't think SFO was only a few hundred miles farther than IAH. Impressive.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

You mean the world not flat? WEow! Your kidding me! You missed your calling as a Sphere -Pimp specialist... Mr naughty!

 

[clob94]

You mean the world not flat? WEow! Your kidding me! You missed your calling as a Sphere -Pimp specialist... Mr naughty!

Smh

 

[GuaranteedFresh!]

Polar flight my dude.

Because you spent your entire grade school life sitting in class rooms that had a flat map of the earth hanging on the wall, or a flat map of the earth in your text book, you were conditioned to think of distance as linear. Example-- you just visualized where San Fran is and then you drew an imaginary straight line in your mind from San Fran across Montana and the great Lakes and Canada and then the north Atlantic across southern England over France and into Frankfurt. You were thinking in linear fashion.

But as you know, the earth is round. Now, imagine you're standing over the top of a globe and instead of flying across America, your draw a straight line from San Fran over the polar ice pack and then drop south over the Nordic countries and into Germany.

Now you're not thinking linear, you're thinking 3 dimensional--about a sphere.

Pretty cool how the brain works.

@GuaranteedFresh! Is the airplane expert and trajectory expert and could probably tell you the technical name or jargon used to describe what I just explained.

I'm definitely no commerical transport route expert but I believe you are talking about great circle routes. Controlling from the ground is quite a bit different than managing from the tower.
Like you said, on a flat map it looks like an arch but on a true globe representation it is a straight line. Obviously weather, jet stream pattern, and territory clearances will influence as well.

Or your pilot is still hammered from boozing it up with the flight attendants. Yeah, most likely.

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

The World of Jet Fighter Drones for the Battlefield coming next year

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/ce4...e6dade4ff2ca/boeing’s-autonomous-fighter.html

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

 

[clob94]

The World of Jet Fighter Drones for the Battlefield coming next year

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/m/ce44b22a-a03e-323f-9f8b-e6dade4ff2ca/boeing’s-autonomous-fighter.html

Skynet on line in 3....2....1...

 

[FlourBluffHorn]

WE gonna land this sucker in Frankfurt...