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Friday, 17 October 2014

Cars & Transportation: Aircraft: “Question: How do I figure out which plane flew over my house?” plus 3 more

Cars & Transportation: Aircraft: “Question: How do I figure out which plane flew over my house?” plus 3 more


Question: How do I figure out which plane flew over my house?

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 05:44 PM PDT

Recently a plane flew over my house and I recorded it on video. Then I found out it was NetJets Flight 697, But I want to know what its tail number is. How can I figure out what its tail number is?

PS: If anyone can help with it I can give more info. It was a Cessna Citation Excel, And again it was NetJets Flight 697, And it flew today, which is 10/16/2014.

Question: How do I become the pilot of an helicopter in the military?

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 04:44 PM PDT

the best place to ask is at your local recruiting office. they'll know of all the up-to-date programs. to be a pilot in the military (i'm assuming american, but i may be wrong), you must go through a commissioning program to become an officer.

the navy and army have the best helicopter programs, as far as i know, but with the navy, you're going to end up on a boat. with the army, you're going to end up getting shot at.

that said, they'll help you as much as possible. you'll get the GI bill, and military benefits, and a job starting out doing what it takes years of experience in the civilian sector to do.

Question: Do insects experience G-Force when they turn or change direction, just as a fighter pilot does when she or he turns or changes direction?

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 11:47 AM PDT

Yes, any time anything changes direction it experiences G force.

Skipper is probably right that they have better g limits than airplanes, the laws of scale would suggest that their skeletons are proportionately far stronger than ours.

Of course, given that there is a relationship between mass and rate of acceleration, the loads which they feel will not amount to much. Structurally there is not much difference in weight between a 1 gramme insect in level flight or the same insect in a 4G max rate turn!

The G loading is not exactly going to "squash it like a bug"

Question: How long to get to cruizing altitude?

Posted: 16 Oct 2014 10:09 AM PDT

For an airliner jet, it varies -
It depends how high it climbs to, and how heavily loaded it is -

Yes, a 737 might climb (initially) at 1,800 to 2,000 ft per minute -
That decreases when getting near cruising altitude,- could be 500 ft per minute -

With a 747 it took generally 35 minutes when very heavy -
Climbing to 30,000 ft initially -
And the rate of climb got reduced to 200 ft per minute up there -

Long range jets (747 or 777) climb initially to a lower level, 30,000 ft or so -
Then as they get lighter (by burning fuel), they climb higher little by little -
Such as increase to 32,000 then 34,000 then 36,000 ft , every 2 hours -
And of course they have to request a higher level from ATC -

Simple answer, say 15-20 minutes climb for a 737 -
For a 747 or 777, say 30-35 minutes climb initially, until getting lighter -

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