Stuff you don't want to see while flying
"It's true that everything happens for a reason. Just remember that sometimes that reason is that you did something really, really, stupid."
Allow me a grapevinian ramble:
I saw another airplane traveling perpendicular to our direction while at cruising altitude on a recent flight. It was sort of mind blowing to see how fast it was traveling. I don't fly all that much, and when I do I usually get the aisle, so it was the first time i'd ever seen another airplane while flying.
I wish I could estimate how far away it was, but without anything to provide perspective, I have no idea. It was close enough that I could easily read the southwest on the tail of the plane, though. It seemed pretty close, quite frankly.
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Are you sure that's what you mean? What kind of aircraft was it, a rocket?Originally Posted by Donuthole
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
What do you think he means by "perpendicular"?
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I am pretty sure that's exactly what I mean. Your limited grasp of geometry is not surprising, however.
Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
Geometry is overrated.
Was it in front of you then? How much higher/lower? It seems totally crazy that flights with dissecting paths would be allowed to fly so close to each other (in terms of time).
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
I'll take this question as a tacit abandonment of your "perpendicular" silliness. Now that it's out of the way, I will agree that it seems totally crazy that flights with dissecting paths would pass that closely. If pressed for an estimate, I would estimate the airplane was approximately 1000'-1200' below us. As I said, I could clearly read the "Southwest" on the tail fin (or whatever that's called--aeronautics are overrated).
Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
Yeah, that's no problem. They're required to maintain at least 1000 ft vertical separation up to 29,000 ft altitude, and 2000 ft vertical separation above that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separat...raffic_control)
I was once in a single-engine Cessna at about 5,000 feet and saw a Southwest 737 that was 2-3 miles away, but at the same altitude, on approach to a landing. The contrast between that jet's speed and ours was pretty impressive.
Last edited by LA Ute; 10-29-2011 at 09:54 AM.
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I would like to add male flight attendants and female flight attendants over the age of forty on this list of stuff I don't want to see while flying.
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Is that for Shatner or the gremlin on the wing?
Any form of shat on a plane is something I'd rather not see.
Gremlins, too.
We took a trip down to the Big Easy on Thursday. We ended up circling the airport for about an hour trying to come in for a landing multiple times. I saw a smaller airplane that I'm sure violated the rules for space and distance on our first go around. Turns out there was a tornado that touched down in New Orleans at this same time. We eventually diverted to Baton Rouge. I've never seen anything like it.
Glad we flew back yesterday instead of this morning. Otherwise the Delta computers would have messed us up.
Bro, as handy a place as that may be to store your phone, I don’t want to see it. And I don’t want to see those thighs or those gnarly toes either.
Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss
There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock
That is a muscle my legs were not provided.
Bro, as handy a place as that may be to store your phone, I don’t want to see it. And I don’t want to see those thighs or those gnarly toes either.
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I told him he was a goddamn Nazi Stormtrooper.
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Looks like a very tight IT band. I should know
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