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Originally posted by ProudBird
They strive to NOT do that, as it's more a sign of their failure, but sometimes factors accumulate, and it just needs to be done as a means of flow management.
Originally posted by burntheships
reply to post by Iwinder
Your welcome Iwinder, Far too many of us have seen the pattern making,
I personally have witnessed a grid on many occasion. There are only so many
that could be cleared to perform such manuevers. That would be quite a flight path
to submit, would it not?
Originally posted by ProudBird
reply to post by Iwinder
Seriously?
You thought that YouTube video was "good"??
When all it shows are normal contrails?
(Turning off the inane blather on the soundtrack helps).
Of course ATC is not going to be directing commercial airlines to perform 360 turns repeatedly
during flight, certainly not with passengers aboard
Since you have refused to directly answer the question...
Originally posted by ProudBird
reply to post by burntheships
A "grid" is merely the result of multiple airplanes on intersecting courses! The "grid" is the result of several parallel contrails that occur due to the winds at altitude.
Originally posted by ProudBird
Yes, yes and yes again.....it is NOT uncommon for a passenger airliner to be told to make a 360° turn, every so often.
Originally posted by burntheships
Originally posted by ProudBird
Yes, yes and yes again.....it is NOT uncommon for a passenger airliner to be told to make a 360° turn, every so often.
Yes, yes every so often. Like you said you found ONE example.
Originally posted by burntheships
Originally posted by ProudBird
reply to post by burntheships
A "grid" is merely the result of multiple airplanes on intersecting courses! The "grid" is the result of several parallel contrails that occur due to the winds at altitude.
What airplanes? Commercial flights? Oh, could you please show me from flight
aware where actual flights crossed and made a "waffle" grid I'll be waiting for that one PB.edit on 26-3-2012 by burntheships because: (no reason given)
Yes, yes every so often. Like you said you found ONE example.
What airplanes? Commercial flights? Oh, could you please show me from flight
aware where actual flights crossed and made a "waffle" grid I'll be waiting for that one PB.
Originally posted by Uncinus
then.
I've seen a plane flying in loops for hours leaving long-lasting contrails. I've only seen it twice though.
Originally posted by tsurfer2000h
reply to post by Iwinder
Those pics were taken at 7:30pm in the evening, but this is one I took today at 10:08 am this morning it is not the best from my phone but it does show a very blue sky....
These are the skies I have been seeing all weekend and at least for the next couple of days.
What is VOODOO1? It’s actually a plane owned by Raytheon, N289MT, a test plane that they use to test avionics equipment.
You cannot say that "these skies will be the same for the next couple of days" that is improbable and you know it.
Originally posted by ProudBird
Uncinus called the path the jet flew "loops", which again, is technically incorrect. Some will call that sort of flying "station keeping", or sometimes (slangily) "orbiting" or "orbits"......"loop" as slang doesn't work, from a pilot's perspective, as it infers what I described earlier.
Precision (or at least, "precise" slang) in terminology is important, and any imprecision leads to the continued perpetuation of this silly "chemtrail" myth and nonsense.
Originally posted by Uncinus
Originally posted by ProudBird
Uncinus called the path the jet flew "loops", which again, is technically incorrect. Some will call that sort of flying "station keeping", or sometimes (slangily) "orbiting" or "orbits"......"loop" as slang doesn't work, from a pilot's perspective, as it infers what I described earlier.
Precision (or at least, "precise" slang) in terminology is important, and any imprecision leads to the continued perpetuation of this silly "chemtrail" myth and nonsense.
Which I'm very much against Sorry, I actually tried to think of a better word for a few seconds, but just fell back to "loop", which I use in the generic sense. I shall try to avoid it.
Originally posted by tsurfer2000h
reply to post by Iwinder
You cannot say that "these skies will be the same for the next couple of days" that is improbable and you know it.
Actually I can it is called a weather forecast,and I don;t know where you get your weather from but where I get mine they are pretty spot on. And here is the five day forecast for my area...
.
You forgot to include the flight forecast....
That is always a factor here.
Regards, Iwinder
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