"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
07/18/2014 at 11:05 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
07/18/2014 at 11:05 • Filed to: planelopnik | 2
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If you fly high enough, the sun is always shinning.
Brian Silvestro
> Chris Clarke
07/18/2014 at 11:08 |
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That's why I don't understand how planes get stuck in storms. Can't they just fly over them?
CAR_IS_MI
> Chris Clarke
07/18/2014 at 11:10 |
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Even at night???
Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> Brian Silvestro
07/18/2014 at 11:15 |
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Thunderstorm buildups can go as high as 50-60k feet, which is well above the operating ceilings of most acft. Those you just have to deviate around.
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Chris Clarke
> Brian Silvestro
07/18/2014 at 11:15 |
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Nope, even the biggest airliners can't fly as high as some big T-storms, but you can fly around them. The issue usually is a problem when a storm is embedded in a large area of rain and you don't know its there.
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Chris Clarke
> CAR_IS_MI
07/18/2014 at 11:15 |
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touché
Jayhawk Jake
> CAR_IS_MI
07/18/2014 at 11:27 |
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Well yeah, you just fly around the earth until the sun comes up
EDIT: And actually, even more than that. If you fly high enough, the sun is shining. You just need to be so high the earth is smaller than the sun.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Jayhawk Jake
07/18/2014 at 11:29 |
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Not necessarily, If you are flying east to west you would actually have to fly at (I believe) somewhere around 1,300 MPH to catch up to the sun. Most commercial airliners will fly between 450 and 500 mph cross continental and therefore would never catch up.
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Brian Silvestro
> Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
07/18/2014 at 11:31 |
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Oh. Ok....
*leaves room awkwardly*
BoulderZ
> Brian Silvestro
07/18/2014 at 11:32 |
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As others mentioned, storms build up incredibly high. Higher than most aircraft can operate. That's one of the many very interesting reasons why Global Hawk (about 50,000 feet) comes up short and the U2 (60,000+ feet) keeps going. http://aviationweek.com/awin/global-ha…
Grindintosecond
> Chris Clarke
07/18/2014 at 11:42 |
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Grindintosecond
> Brian Silvestro
07/18/2014 at 11:46 |
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I've perrsonally had to fly around some level 5 (storms topping out at 50k feet) and seem from a distance...thank god...some rare level 6 storms. those throw out big tornadoes and amazing lightning storms in all directions.
Airlines can fly into the low to mid 40's but that's it. Plus, anytime theres a big line of storms moving across the country, that's space planes cant go, so all the planes start crowding each other making a traffic jam where there's "good" air. This is a wonderful thing when Philidelphia launches planes into NYC's arrival traffic flow. Imagine a storm right at that intersection......where 5 east coast airports use the same arrival and departure corridors.
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Brian Silvestro
> Grindintosecond
07/18/2014 at 11:47 |
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Jesus, flight is crazy.
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Grindintosecond
> Brian Silvestro
07/18/2014 at 11:49 |
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Yeah. but not as crazy as the Unipiper!
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Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> Chris Clarke
07/18/2014 at 12:06 |
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Embedded TS. Besides airsick passengers and SWAP, it's my worst nightmare. Here's where we just crank up the contrast on the wx radar and stay away from the red blobs.
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Jayhawk Jake
> CAR_IS_MI
07/18/2014 at 12:06 |
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The SR-71 could outrun the sun.
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CAR_IS_MI
> Jayhawk Jake
07/18/2014 at 12:10 |
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Well if you want to get technical about that... NO. It could outrun the speed which the earth rotates around its access allowing you to position yourself on such an angle to which you could view the sun without be obstructed by the earth.
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Jayhawk Jake
> CAR_IS_MI
07/18/2014 at 14:00 |
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Indeed so....indeededly
dale hunter hall
> CAR_IS_MI
07/21/2014 at 02:04 |
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lol