Anyone else find this at least unnerving....

[BWR1953]

Probably all those snowbirds heading back up north. :lol:

Those graphics always make me laugh because they're not to scale and make everything look all crowded. The planes shown are larger than the state of Rhode Island!



Here's a Google Earth screen snap of Tampa airport from 4500 feet up. Note that the planes are about the same size as the ones in the graphic.




And another screen capture from about the same altitude as the one in the graphic. Can't see any planes there. Or cities! Or the Grand Canyon! :lol:

 

[WIMUSKY]

Way too early for snowbirds to be coming home. Some just left for the south.......

 

[bruceb58]

Those graphics always make me laugh because they're not to scale and make everything look all crowded. The planes shown are larger than the state of Rhode Island!

++++++1

 

[HT32BSX115]

you have two pilots keeping watch (we hope) and they're attentive to the automatic landing system (ALS) (we hope). They also have air traffic control watching everything... Meaning human inputs.

Not a problem during landing.......... At high altitude cruise, during daylight, you might see another aircraft coming if it was "head-on" and might be able to take evasive action

but thinking about the following "chart":

1 mile per hour = 1.4667 feet per second, 14.667 feet per 10 seconds, 44.001 feet per 30 seconds.
10 miles per hour = 14.7 feet per second, 146.67 feet per 10 seconds, 440.01 feet per 30 seconds.
20 miles per hour = 29.3 feet per second, 293 feet per 10 seconds, 879 feet per 30 seconds.
25 miles per hour = 36.7 feet per second, 367 feet per 10 seconds, 1101 feet per 30 seconds.
30 miles per hour = 44.0 feet per second, 440 feet per 10 seconds, 1320 feet per 30 seconds - That's 1/4 mile in 30 seconds
35 miles per hour = 51.3 feet per second, 513 feet per 10 seconds, 1537 feet per 30 seconds.
40 miles per hour = 58.7 feet per second, 587 feet per 10 seconds, 1761 feet per 30 seconds.
45 miles per hour = 66.0 feet per second, 660 feet per 10 seconds, 1980 feet per 30 seconds.
50 miles per hour = 73.3 feet per second, 733 feet per 10 seconds, 2199 feet per 30 seconds.
55 miles per hour = 80.7 feet per second, 807 feet per 10 seconds, 2421feet per 30 seconds.
60 miles per hour = 88.0 feet per second, 880 feet per 10 seconds, 2640 feet per 30 seconds or 1/2 mile in 30 seconds
65 miles per hour = 95.3 feet per second, 953 feet per 10 seconds, 2859 feet per 30 seconds.

Consider 2 aircraft going 450kts in each direction yielding a 900kt closure rate for 2 head-on aircraft at the same altitude.

1 nautical mile is 6,076.113 feet

900kts (Nautical Miles per hr) is 15 NM per minute or 1519 FEET PER SECOND

At night, you won't see it coming.

Don't want to worry anyone but no one is looking outside much at cruise anyway! Good thing we have TCAS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_collision_avoidance_system

 

[sam60]

Probably all those snowbirds heading back up north. :lol:

Those graphics always make me laugh because they're not to scale and make everything look all crowded. The planes shown are larger than the state of Rhode Island!



Here's a Google Earth screen snap of Tampa airport from 4500 feet up. Note that the planes are about the same size as the ones in the graphic.




And another screen capture from about the same altitude as the one in the graphic. Can't see any planes there. Or cities! Or the Grand Canyon! :lol:

If the crafts were shown in actual scale, you wouldn't see anything as in your last map.

I like reading the flightradar24 twitter feed.

 

[Tim Frank]

Not a problem during landing..........
900kts (Nautical Miles per hr) is 15 NM per minute or 1519 FEET PER SECOND

At night, you won't see it coming.

Don't want to worry anyone but no one is looking outside much at cruise anyway! Good thing we have TCAS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffi...oidance_system

Actually your best chance would be at night....strobes and Nav lights are much easier to see at night.

One current concern in the aviation world is the increasing number of accidents caused by the erosion of basic flying skills as a collateral reaction to increased fly-by-wire dependence.

 

[HT32BSX115]

Actually your best chance would be at night....

Not with the interior cockpit lights on full bright.......Which is where they are most of the time at night!

 

[WIMUSKY]

Speaking about the woman and the SUV, she may have not been able to turn off the ignition if it was push button. Push button ignition needs to be in Park 1st......

 

[bruceb58]

Speaking about the woman and the SUV, she may have not been able to turn off the ignition if it was push button. Push button ignition needs to be in Park 1st......

In an emergency, you can hold it and the engine will turn off....at least in some of the cars I know.
http://www.nialtima.com/emergency_engine_shut_off-258.html

 

[Scott Danforth]

Probably all those snowbirds heading back up north. :lol:

Those graphics always make me laugh because they're not to scale and make everything look all crowded. The planes shown are larger than the state of Rhode Island!

Arent most planes bigger than Road Island?

Way too early for snowbirds to be coming home. Some just left for the south.......

Yep, they are still coming.... daily traffic jamb of RV's with the left turn signal on in the left (passing) lane doing 20 under the limit

 

[WIMUSKY]

In an emergency, you can hold it and the engine will turn off....at least in some of the cars I know.
http://www.nialtima.com/emergency_engine_shut_off-258.html

I tried it on the wifes and it displayed, vehicle must be in park...... Didn't try holding it down.....

 

[bruceb58]

I tried it on the wifes and it displayed, vehicle must be in park...... Didn't try holding it down.....

If you do it on a Chrysler, the engine self destructs.

 

[WIMUSKY]

If you do it on a Chrysler, the engine self destructs.

Haha....... I tried it, it doesn't shut off......

 

[southkogs]

... I tried it, it doesn't shut off......

Yeah, but did it self-destruct?

(I have a Chrysler)

 

[aspeck]

I thought Chryslers were destructed from the time they left the plant? :fencing:

 

[WIMUSKY]

All the haters wish they had one.......:suspicious::tongue1:

 

[bruceb58]

Fiat Chrysler engineers probably could figure out how to implement this basic safety feature!

 

[sam60]

Not autonomous but nice. I'm waiting for the 9V class.

http://sundown.me.uk/technology/mercedes-aa-class.mp4

 

[southkogs]

Fiat Chrysler engineers probably could figure out how to implement this basic safety feature!

:lol:

The RAM trucks are still pretty nice, and seem to be reliable enough. I'm still kinda' impressed with the Charger. I don't think it's quite worthy of it's nameplate, but man! Do they drive NICE. Others ponies they have in the stable do make me wonder though.

 

[WIMUSKY]

:lol:

The RAM trucks are still pretty nice, and seem to be reliable enough. I'm still kinda' impressed with the Charger. I don't think it's quite worthy of it's nameplate, but man! Do they drive NICE. Others ponies they have in the stable do make me wonder though.

RAM is making trucks with a lot of nice creature comforts, depending on the model.

Chargers are incredible, even for a 4 door. We had bought a new '06 with a v-6. Plenty of power even in a bigger car. We liked it. My daughter has it now. The new ones look fantastic......

Even tho the Challengers are the largest of the 3 retro's and larger than the originals, I'd take one in a heartbeat. The V-6s are pushing over 300hp.