Friday, December 1, 2017

Passing at 1000 feet


6 comments:

  1. Fairly slow. Around 1.7 Mach, I'd say, given that airliners travel about .85 each. It's a bit more exciting when it gets above 2.5 and you're passing close aboard.

    Still....a pretty cool GIF.

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  2. A couple of times coming back from Europe I spied other airliners at the 5 O'clock with a vertical & horizontal separation of 3 thousand feet. Flying a B-747-200 we overtook a B-757 like it was standing still.

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  3. People don't realize how fast the 747s are. They are designed with that pinch in the fuselage to increase the cruising speed. No, I don't know the physics and crap behind it, I just know.

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  4. Too cool.

    I enjoy seeing other aircraft when I'm flying. Provided of course that proper separation is maintained. Otherwise things get a bit too exciting.

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  5. Steve, it's called area rule, look it up.

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  6. B-747 is still the champ. piss on Airbus with the crash-o-matic autopilot system. Bigger is still better, ask any stewardess.

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