I have been listening to ATC for a long time now and this just reminded me on why does the ATC for example say that an aircraft is on a 10 mile approach for RNWY (whatever) instead of saying it in Nautical Miles as the avionics in the cockpit measures distance as NM or Nautical Miles. Sometimes I al...
Jump to postI use Skyvector and in the navlog all the ground speeds are not consistent so yes, then that would be correct since the winds differ during the flight and what the ETE times indicates on Skyvector.com or any flight planning tools does not mean it would become the exact ETE.
Jump to postJust wondering on how Estimated Flight times to a destination is calculated from the FMS? Does the FMS calculates the ETE times from the beginning of the take off roll or from wheels up to touch down or from a certain altitude or speed once the aircraft is airborne? Or perhaps maybe it starts the ET...
Jump to postWhat would the target position format be as an example of targeting a building on the 6th floor. Would that be MGRS? Or is it a very independent format system? In other words, it would not be either LAT/LONG or MGRS. As for fighter jets, DD.MM is used instead as opposed to DMS when entering waypoints?
Jump to postAs for USAF aircraft like drones, and fighter aircraft that go on air strikes, they would mostly use the MGRS coordinates format?
Jump to postPlease post as an example on the format you stated.
Are you also referring to the FMS?
Does the FMS use the same format you mentioned without the SS?
For military type missions, what is the most accurate LAT/LONG units used by the USAF?
DD MM.M'
or
DD MM'SS"
or
MGRS
What is the most accurate LAT/LONG units below for aviation?
DD MM.M'
or
DD MM'SS"
Can anyone else confirm that if USPS Priority International shipments are hauled on regular commercial passenger airlines?
Jump to postI’m trying to track my USPS package and it says left departing facility. Does USPS have its own aircraft or do they just ship items along with regular commercial airlines?
My package will come from US to EU.
Is there a way to track aircraft with shipment items if I enter a tracking number?
Sorry, I just noticed the Honeywell logo but it was just too small and blurry. Thanks anyways!
Also, can the map layout be customized so that States and Country borders can be shown?
I would just like to know what mapping tool on the MFD is on the G650? Is it a Garmin mapping system or Rockwell Collins?
https://www.aerospace-technology.com/wp ... m-g650.jpg
Is there an aviation website where I can check for possible upper level turbulence for the next 24 to 48 hours?
I know there is Foreflight, but I don’t want any subscriptions.
Also, is there any apps that would provide this information?
The Taliban leader (who has a Twitter account!) will be sworn in as President shortly. Afghanistan/Kabul fell, largely because they didn’t have close air support (CAS) to assist ANY ground elements. So no one manned a post! Fact: The Taliban used HUMINT to find out where pilots lived and they EXECUT...
Jump to postI strongly believe that the 5000 troops that were sent to protect Kabul airport will eliminate all the Taliban takeover for good. This takeover by the Taliban will not last long as US troops should handle the situation along with sending drones to eliminate the Taliban. We all know that the US will ...
Jump to postTrump also wanted all the Marines and grunts out of Afghanistan. But under Trump, he only wanted to have Special Operations in there only. I didn’t agree sending thousands of young Marines just patrolling the streets of Afghanistan. I think the strategy under Trump was only to have Special Operation...
Jump to postThe Russians had lost to the Taliban and so we did too.
I think we should just leave them as it is and only let the special intelligence groups like JSOC to keep an eye on them. As for the rest of the troops, it’s time to just go home. That’s it.
Why is the world so obsessed with Afghanistan? If they don’t want freedom and the natives don’t mind to be ruled by a group of terrorist, then why bother? It’s a waste of US Tax dollars to send in US troops. I just don’t think we should intervene if a country doesn’t want any democracy and we wasted...
Jump to postI have a return ticket from a third party travel agency and the return ticket has no seating reservations. The airline is with Lufthansa. Can I still reserve a seat directly from Lufthansa website? If not, is there a trusted website that will allow to reserve seats even if the ticket is not directly...
Jump to postAMS to MCO you still would have to connect...I checked here.
https://flightaware.com/live/findflight ... ation=KMCO
Because its very inconvenient to have to check-in my bags again and wait in line esp. during this pandemic. I hate waiting in line with all the crowds.
Jump to postThis COVID-19 situation does not make sense to me at all. I just stumbled onto this thread. And just let me point out on some issues that I have with this below. 1. No world governments are investigating this as this may have been a bio terror attack from China that MAY have had the virus intentiona...
Jump to postI may have to choose from Frankfurt to Miami and then somehow take a bus to Orlando.
I know in LAX, they have (or used to) called a Fly Away bus which takes to areas of LA which are far from LAX area.
Do they have some sort of service similar to this in Miami?
Hopefully they will resume operations again in the future until this COVID thing passes. I don't plan on going now, but later in the Spring or Summer. In case I choose to connect, will I have to collect my luggage at the connection airport and then go through customs there, or just connect and go th...
Jump to postWell, that is really strange, because how come they have flights to Miami? https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH462 My suspicion is that for some odd reason they canceled flights to Orlando...Which is NOT really convenient because in that case, I would have to fly to Miami and then drive three hou...
Jump to postWould like to know the reason as to why Lufthansa canceled flights from Frankfurt to Orlando?
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/DLH464
I understand that anyone can still fly, but I do not want to make many stops until I reach my final destination.
But now, since those flights are cancelled, I need to reserve another flight which would include one or two more stops or layovers...
I am getting mixed information here and seeing that flights from Europe are being cancelled and not cancelled. By looking at the below information from Flightaware data, I can see that not ALL flights are restricted from entering the US due to the COVID-19 situation. Can anyone please help me to und...
Jump to postJust out of curiosity, does the US Government issue custom made mask only to be used by the president as shown in the below image? https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/07/trump-finally-wears-a-face-mask-in-public-covid-19.html Is Trump wearing a N95 surgical mask or is it custom made? I want one, of...
Jump to postI prefer Fox News.
However, Fox News seems to create political drama every time when a crisis strikes. So frustrating.
That is why I scroll down the page and read about the non political stuff.
Great! Thank you. Nice response. And also I noticed something about the China PM. He has not made any apologizing speech to the world and that itself is a major concern. Or, even offering help for those in need. Shame on him and his country. All "wet shops" should be shut down and the US s...
Jump to postThe Hungarian people are sheeps...There are asleep and will not do anything about it. That's the main problem. Hungarians are not fighters but "sheeps". So in other words, whatever the government does, the Hungarians ignore it and move on without putting up a fight.
Jump to postSo, lets think about this. NK and Iran has been threatening the globe with their nuclear program for decades and luckily, that has subsided and nothing came out of it. In other words, nothing happened. Still to this day, the US has sanctions on these countries and making sure they do not reactivate ...
Jump to postSo let us make this a bit more easier. The flight tracking systems uses the same measurements of altitude as what the aircraft's altimeter measures in the Primary Flight Display? That is what I wish to know. And what do they mean by "uncorrected"? Does it mean that the flight tracking syst...
Jump to postOk, I went to that web page from the last posted response, and does look good. Thanks for that. If you go into the ADSB Exchange tracking and click on an aircraft and from the left panel you will see all the data which is quite interesting. I hovered my mouse over where it says Altitude and the desc...
Jump to postMy question would be, do these flight trackers use AGL or MSL that we see on the flight tracking systems such as ADSB-Exchange or FR24? So when we see an aircraft on the ground on these flight tracking systems, why it is not displaying the actual airport altitude? Instead, it would display as 0 feet...
Jump to postHow come most online flight tracking systems like Flightradar24 or ADSBExchange shows altitudes either as being 0 feet or On Ground when aircraft is on the ground or after it has landed? I thought the altimeter settings are based off the elevation of the airport in MSL as instead of AGL. For example...
Jump to postThe travel agency gave me the Booking ID and entered it on the airline’s website. The airline’s seating reservation doesn’t allow me to do advanced seat reservations since my ticket was purchased from an external travel agency.. What other options do I have other than going to the airport/airline ti...
Jump to postI do not know if this would be considered against forum rules, but I need to ask anyways. Just purchased a ticket for an overseas flight and the travel agency said that the flight is over-booked and a window seat was not available. I was really mad. Is there any tips or tricks and I can tell to the ...
Jump to postMy "20-20 vision" predictions are below: Trump will win the second term election - It is confirmed The Global economy will be even better Roughly 500,000 more new jobs will enter the US job market US unemployment rate will be at a record low averaging below 3% 2019 was a very great year as...
Jump to postDoesn’t matter if it’s decriminalize or legal, if people want it they will get it.
Anyway, if marijuana was legalized on a global scale, I still would think that alcohol would be the most consumed recreational drug out there. Second, would be nicotine (cigarettes).
Now a US Drone got downed by an Iranian SAM... Trump is weak when it comes to military action. This is why we need a president that has a military background. And Trump is not one of them... Trump in office has bombed about 7 countries, launched cruise missiles strikes in Syria, authorised Special ...
Jump to postNow a US Drone got downed by an Iranian SAM...
Trump is weak when it comes to military action.
This is why we need a president that has a military background. And Trump is not one of them...
Whats the correct Block Level formats for altitudes below FL180? For example, if an aircraft wanted to request a block level between 5000 to 8000 feet, would this be the correct format below? 050B080 And what if block level requested for altitudes from FL180 to FL220, would this be the correct forma...
Jump to postDid not know this, thanks a lot for the detailed explanation.
Jump to postI monitor flight tracking web pages most of the time and I notice that there are no flights that are at EVEN number altitudes above FL400 such as FL420, FL440, FL460. My question is, how come pilots don't choose these EVEN numbers as mentioned above when cruising at altitudes above FL400? FL400 seem...
Jump to postWhere do USAF pilots train for combat or tactical landings?
Jump to postIs there any way to save flight activity logs from Flightaware.com and saving for offline use?
Thanks
Was wondering about a video that I came across on YouTube and its a video about a Gulfstream cockpit filming the moon as they cross the North Atlantic. Inside the cockpit, I noticed there a graphical moving map GPS in the middle section of the console. See below link. https://youtu.be/RgAhjADxjUE?t=...
Jump to postOk ok...Sorry Its not bashing the US. I am a proud American myself and pro-gun. I agree, its not all about the guns that's at fault here but its the people of America. The US should be like Israel as well. Having armed guards in airports and at every malls and schools. Americans tend to be weakened ...
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