Chevrolet Airspeeds

[Mark D.]

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means the RMI (i think) is navigation mode and is tuned to a station frequency...... VOR/NDB

No, but that sounds good and technical.

[Bill C.]

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just a wild A## guess

[Mark D.]

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just a wild A## guess

Your on the right track, but, this NAV system works from IRS which measures Mother Earth's rotation.

[Bill C.]

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Mark,

is that the type of navigation aid that is used to operate over water -
outside the US or where there may not be VOR/NDB available?

[Mark D.]

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Mark,

is that the type of navigation aid that is used to operate over water -
outside the US or where there may not be VOR/NDB available?

Bill,

Yes however, today it's all about GPS. I'll tell you though, Inertial Reference Units will split a Nat's A##

Mark

[Mark D.]

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Hope I have this right.

If Mark flew all the way around the earth at an altitude of 6 miles, and the distance in miles on the ground was 24,853.13 miles, he would actually have to fly 24,890.83 miles, 37.7 more miles than the distance on the ground.

Yeah, I know. I have too much spart time on my hands.

You are such a Dork. I know one thing, if I had a trip in front of me that covered 24,853 miles, but, I ended up flying 24,890, I would still need the same amount of Maker's to recover...Great Circle or not.

[Joe C.]

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This is a great thread.
It reminds me of Rod Serling
The Twilight Zone
William Shatner
and gremlins on airplane wings.

If a Norfolk Southern NS 999 locomotive was traveling 75 MPH south-southeast on a heading of 155 degrees, and the wind speed and direction was 18 MPH out of the east at a heading of 262 degrees, then what direction would the smoke travel in? Neglect the fact that the earth is an oblate spheroid.

That reminds me..............
do any of you remember a book/movie called "The Langoliers" by Stephen King?
You'se aviator types ought to put away your leather helmets, goggles and scarves and read this book.

[Duke W.]

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Cool! I assume the speeds are in knots (?)

Mach no.?

Aircraft type?

Duke

[Stuart F.]

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Depends on whether it is a GE or EMD Locomotive. Also, what's all this MPH talk? I thought air speed was in knots!

Does your airline code share with JetBlue? As the Pa Pa of two JetBlue Captains, who flies for free, I'm always interested in other airline routes in hopes of doing a direct instead of a connection - even with the fee.

Stu Fox

[Mark D.]

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That PIC(s) was taken in a US Airways Boeing 737/400. I wasn't looking at the Mach Meter so I don't remember what it was.

I've got several buddies at Jet Blue...good outfit.

[Steven B.]

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Technology sure is great, as they say. A giant step from omnis. I remember on my second or third cross country a WA and fellow line boy I worked with put a magnet behind my compass---When I got back I had all legs signed off.

[Bruce C.]

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Hey Guys, just keep one thing in mind as you ask all these questions - you're gonna get billed for ground instruction.

The invoices are in the mail.

[Mark D.]

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