Best example is a hot air balloon. Air speed = 0. Ground speed = wind speed.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/2travel2know2" class="quote" target="_blank">2travel2know2</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i>there aren't 24 time zones at th...
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Jump to postWalking up Sepulveda gives you quite the eyeful of planes landing on the north complex anyway. (Posted from the Karl Strauss in Terminal 7)
Jump to postImagine what it was like in the 30's! "OMG! A plane!"
Jump to postA lot of it has to do with how much space and material is between you and the gear doors/mechanism. In an RJ, you're practically touching it.
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Jump to postMake sure you have some of the boxes checked like allowing 2+ stops and using Star alliance partners (like the CLT one would need to get on US).
Jump to postI assume you mean like the ones here:
http://goo.gl/maps/9j6R
Wildcat oil wells. They're all over the place in Texas and Oklahoma.
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If you're listening to Channel 9 and you've not looked at aero charts, you're doing it wrong. <img src="http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/graphics/smilies/wink.gif" width="15" height="15" border="0"/> Heck, I've been known to print out the field diagrams, the departure procedures an...
Jump to postI would take the right side since it gives you a great view of the San Gabriel mountains for about 30 miles. You can also see downtown, etc. This one of mine doesn't show them as much, unfortunately. However, it's a decent look nonetheless. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsaTHm9DBs" target...
Jump to postOne of my 2 free F upgrades this year was <acronym title="Omaha - Eppley (OMA / KOMA), USA - Nebraska">OMA</acronym>-<acronym title="OLD: Denver - Stapleton International (DEN / KDEN) (closed), USA - Colorado AND CURRENT: Denver - International (DEN / KDEN), USA - Colorado">DEN</acronym>-<acronym ti...
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Jump to postHe's talking about pilot requests for the longer runways... not operational issues.
Jump to postRemember that 28 L/R start at the same spot. Therefore, if they rotate at identical places (i.e. the 1's) the only difference is the runway remaining. Since, as you noted, the right side is longer than the left, the entirety of that distance is what is remaining. To change gears for a second, ask yo...
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Jump to postFor all my business and personal travel, I've been married to <acronym title="United Airlines (USA)">UA</acronym> for a while now. One of the reason I currently remain so is that I'm Premier Elite and, therefore, score the free upgrade to Econ+. However, because of the fact that all the <acronym tit...
Jump to postMakes you wonder how his TSA pat-down went. These things start somewhere, ya know!
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Coal" class="quote" target="_blank">Coal</a> (<a href="#19" class="quote">Reply 19</a>):<br/><i>Well, technically if they do not have the same n...
Jump to postDifferent perceptions of what would be better weather-wise? Were the flights simultaneous or at different times?
Jump to postIdle thought... why is this topic in "Travel, Polls, Preferences?" Would Civil... or Tech/Ops be a better place for it? Seems kinda odd.
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Jump to postThis is going to be a very long list. Plenty of places have the ARR/DEP pair model (a la <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> and pre-expansion <acronym title="Atlanta - Hartsfield-Jackson International (The William B Hartsfield) (ATL / KATL), USA...
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Jump to postIn many cases 4 runways is really just 2 ARR/DEP pairs.
Jump to postMy last 3 cancelled flights have all been between <acronym title="Milwaukee - General Mitchell International (MKE / KMKE), USA - Wisconsin">MKE</acronym> and <acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare International (ORD / KORD), USA - Illinois">ORD</acronym>. Every time was because the weather had <acronym ti...
Jump to postIsn't it a noise issue as well? They need to get up above certain levels as soon as possible and then they are able to proceed with a normal climb?
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Jump to postIf you watch the elevator after touchdown, he gradually raises it as the plane slows... therefore he's trying to keep the nose up as long as possible for some reason.
Jump to postArticle on CNN.com explaining the method behind the madness.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/02/plane.row.numbers/index.html
Unfortunately, most of your "ideal economy seat" ideas would lead to "less than ideal economy fares". It's a pointless discussion without considering the whole picture.
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