Who'd be an air traffic controller?
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2. bigbadthor commented 10 years ago
It is terrifying and quite possibly the most satisfying, most exciting job out there. Kudos to the Euro-controllers, they have thier hands full.
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5. DetectiveBlack commented 10 years ago
After examining this video carefully, I have come to the conclusion that it has been speeded up. The aircraft shown are making a transatlantic journey from USA to Europe in a several seconds, whereas in practice, the journey takes nine or ten hours.
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6. Gorf commented 10 years ago
#4 It's hard to say with any certainty. The titles imply that these are all three-hour samples compressed into clips, but the clips are not of equal duration. The ones with jump cuts get gradually longer (I didn't use the ones that fade), between 11 and 23½ seconds, implying a speed-up of 980X dropping to 460X.
There is an airborne plane that covers the distance from just past Fairoaks (south west-ish of Heathrow) to Gatwick 34Km in 3½ frames - which would equate to an apparent speed of 875000 Km/h. Assuming an actual cruise speed of 500 knots, or 926 Km/h, it suggests it has been sped up by 944X so your estimate of 1sec=20mins isn't far out - it's nearer to 15mins.
#5 I can see how you get the name "Detective"...
There is an airborne plane that covers the distance from just past Fairoaks (south west-ish of Heathrow) to Gatwick 34Km in 3½ frames - which would equate to an apparent speed of 875000 Km/h. Assuming an actual cruise speed of 500 knots, or 926 Km/h, it suggests it has been sped up by 944X so your estimate of 1sec=20mins isn't far out - it's nearer to 15mins.
#5 I can see how you get the name "Detective"...
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7. Urihep commented 10 years ago
I recommend http://www.flightradar24.com/ where you can see air traffic in real time! Sometimes when my wife is flying somewhere, I follow here plane on flightradar, just to spy on her, sort of.
+8 1. dave9191 commented 10 years ago