Blasphemystic From United States, joined Feb 2005, 213 posts, RR: 0 Posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 9911 times:
There are actually 3 planes already on this runway, and it looks like one is about to touch down on the same one.
(if you were to go to google earth and zoom out a bit, you can see what im talking about)
Londons Heathrow.
[Edited 2006-03-24 10:02:06]
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Oly720man From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 4746 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 9775 times:
You can see the same at other airports like DFW and ATL with planes departing. It's just that the plane must be going at about the same speed as the satellite that's taking the photos so it appears in more than one picture.
Has anyone found half a plane anywhere because it's right on the edge of one photo, but not the next??
[Edited 2006-03-24 11:01:48]
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StarGoldLHR From Heard and McDonald Islands, joined Feb 2004, 1529 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 9634 times:
Ive found a railway line that dissapears into trees, but a few pixels to the left another railway line emerges from a different bunch of trees and continues... The image wasnt quite lined up
So far in 2008 45 flights and Gold already. JFK, IAD, LGA, SIN, HKG, NRT, AKL, PPT, LAX still to book ! Home Airport LCY
Dazeflight From Germany, joined Jun 1999, 423 posts, RR: 3 Reply 8, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 5 days 1 hour ago) and read 9529 times:
Quoting Zeke (Reply 7): The answer is that in the UK you can be cleared to land behind aircraft while the aircraft infront is still on the runway.
If that was supposed to be serious: The clearance between those 3 planes is shorter than ANY safety margin. So, while you might be right, this definitely does not apply to the icture in question.
TupolevTu154 From United Kingdom (England), joined Aug 2004, 1663 posts, RR: 39 Reply 9, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 9133 times:
If you look closely, they're all AF 320's. And there is clearly a join of frames between the threshold of 09L and the first runway marker.
A3204eva From United Kingdom (England), joined Feb 2004, 1060 posts, RR: 21 Reply 10, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 8210 times:
Quoting Zeke (Reply 7): The answer is that in the UK you can be cleared to land behind aircraft while the aircraft infront is still on the runway.
Only if he was VFR or at least doing a visual approach. If he wasn't then the use of "cleared to land one after" cannot be used.
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Tjc2 From United Kingdom (England), joined Feb 2006, 140 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 7920 times:
Quoting Dazeflight (Reply 8): Quoting Zeke (Reply 7):
The answer is that in the UK you can be cleared to land behind aircraft while the aircraft infront is still on the runway.
If that was supposed to be serious: The clearance between those 3 planes is shorter than ANY safety margin. So, while you might be right, this definitely does not apply to the icture in question.
Proving once again that the german's don't have a sense of humour! Or is this clearance issue real? I think it is a picture overlay problem then, they wouldn't be allowed to get this close.
[Edited 2006-03-25 00:34:49]
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Gunsontheroof From United States, joined Jan 2006, 2969 posts, RR: 17 Reply 12, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 6720 times:
Quoting Oly720man (Reply 5): It's just that the plane must be going at about the same speed as the satellite that's taking the photos so it appears in more than one picture.
Don't satellites travel at speeds upwards of 10,000km/hr?
AviationAddict From United States, joined Feb 2006, 505 posts, RR: 1 Reply 13, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 6019 times:
Quoting Gunsontheroof (Reply 12): Don't satellites travel at speeds upwards of 10,000km/hr?
Their flight path is much longer though, so a satellite that has slowed down enough to be able to capture clear photos could in theory be insync with an aircraft miles below, even if the satellite is traveling much faster.
Boeing727flyer From United States, joined Feb 2005, 147 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 4613 times:
BHMBAGLOCK From United States, joined Jul 2005, 2693 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 4216 times:
Quoting AviationAddict (Reply 13): Quoting Gunsontheroof (Reply 12):
Don't satellites travel at speeds upwards of 10,000km/hr?
Their flight path is much longer though, so a satellite that has slowed down enough to be able to capture clear photos could in theory be insync with an aircraft miles below, even if the satellite is traveling much faster.
Also, a lot of the images used are shot from aircraft not satellites.
SapphireLHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2006, 103 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 3592 times:
The answer is clear that there are three images taken at timed intervals so you see the same aircarft at three different stages of the landing process. Sometimes the line of images are taken on different days at different times hence some are brighter than others even though next to each other. Also same reason that my car is shown in the drive way at home and also at work parked in the parking space in the car park at Eastside staff car park...spooky!!!
ETFokker50 From Netherlands, joined Feb 2006, 93 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3030 times:
Satellites can be in what is called geosychronous orbit, meaning they are at a set distance above the earth and therefore rotate at the same speed as the earth does about it axis. Therefore, a sattelite seems to 'hover' in one spot, and can take picture like this. I'm no rocket scientist , but it works something like that.
NEMA From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 538 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 2820 times:
Interesting, any idea how long ago this image was taken. No M25 road works near the airport which lasted for months in prep for terminal 5.
From the images of my house near Nottingham I guess they are about 2 years ago.
There isnt really a dark side to the moon, as a matter of fact its all dark!
BHMBAGLOCK From United States, joined Jul 2005, 2693 posts, RR: 6 Reply 19, posted (3 years 7 months 3 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 2635 times:
Quoting ETFokker50 (Reply 17): Satellites can be in what is called geosychronous orbit, meaning they are at a set distance above the earth and therefore rotate at the same speed as the earth does about it axis. Therefore, a sattelite seems to 'hover' in one spot, and can take picture like this. I'm no rocket scientist
LEO is used for photo surveillance for two reasons. First, geosynch does put one in an orbit apparently hovering over one spot - on the equator. Most areas of interest are far from the equator and it's also too expensive to build and launch a satellite to observe a single small area.
Second, the resolution possible from this distance is much lower than the resolution possible from LEO.
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Or is this clearance issue real? I think it is a picture overlay problem then, they wouldn't be allowed to get this close.
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, but it works something like that.
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