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GNU Free Documentation License  pstwatch.com admin Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:05:22 GM to clouds New image in the stripes photography contest to clouds... Clouds under New image in the reflections photography contest Clouds under ... above clouds New image in the . aircraft spotting. photography contest above. ...  cruxcatalyst.blogspot.com cruxcatalyst Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:29:00 GM Images of the . aircraft. on plane . spotting. websites were combined with a visualization using Google Earth to show the unusually busy schedule of the presidential plane. The video released on YouTube led to further investigation by the ...  aeropacific.blogspot.com Michael Carter hu, 02 Jul 2009 07:48:00 GM nato c-17a 08-0001 (f-207) on short final to rwy 30 as she returns from her first flight july 1, 2009. (photo by michael carter). the first c-17a 08-0001 (f-207) destined for nato, departed long beach (lgb) as "boeing 207 heavy" at 1315 ... From Google Blog Search: "aircraft spotting" See also:
 news.google.com crienglish.com ... a plea bargain claiming that they were ignorant of penal consequences of their plane - spotting hobby in India, a senior government official said. ... Bristol plane spotters fined then freed by Indian police Bristol Evening Post 2 British plane spotters fined, freed in India BusinessWeek all 54 news articles » news.google.com Indian Express One would think that it would be almost trivially easy to ascertain that plane - spotting is, in fact, a real hobby; and that the two Britons have, ... news.google.com TheDay.com The squadrons were responsible for transporting materials and goods across the US and spotting German submarines prowling the East Coast to support the war ... and more » From Google News Search: "aircraft spotting"  schipholspotter.com 400px x 600px | 181.20kB [source page] Zurich 30 07 2006 The second day of a two day spotting trip to Zurich airport The first batch of photos can be found here  aircraftspotting.net 400px x 600px | 85.30kB [source page] 1 2 Go s HS UTQ looks like she can use some new paint or at least a good wash From Yahoo Image Search: "aircraft spotting" If the earths rotation speed got 10 times faster? Q. Would the gravity of earth get ten times stronger if the rotation of the earth increased 10 times.Would this mean that we would all weight ten times heavyer than normal.If this happen then most people would be so heavy they could not even walk.They would be pinned to the spot where they are.Would it make jet aircraft 10 times heavyer and they would all crash.Boats 10 times heavyer would sink.Would buildings collaps under there own weight. Asked by tyquniaum1 - Sat Jun 28 21:27:46 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Gravity depends on mass and not spin rate. Centrifugal force depends on spin rate. The centrifugal force of the rotating Earth makes you feel 0.3% lighter at the equator than the pole. If Earth rotated 10 times faster, the formula in the source tells me that centrifugal force would be 100 times stronger and you would feel 30% lighter at the equator than at the pole. If Earth rotated 16 times faster, you would be weightless at the equator, because centrifugal force would equal the force of gravity, but pushing you up instead of down. If Earth rotated more than 16 times faster, things at the equator would be thrown completely off the planet and into space from the equator. But since centrifugal force gets less and less as you get closer to… [cont.] Answered by campbelp2002 - Sat Jun 28 22:18:43 2008 Can large aircraft hover? Q. a couple years ago in enfield,ct me and my mom saw several aircraft in the span of a couple hours hovering through the skies. at one point at higher elevation we saw 4 spread out at the same time. they would sit still, hover for no more than 30 seconds and then move to another spot to hover. they were at pretty low altitude, enough to where we could hear the engines. it was dark however so we couldnt tell what they were. they wern't harriers or anything, they were definately medium sized as fcar as planes go. can anyone help me with this? everyone thinks im crazy but theres no mistaking what me and my mom saw. Asked by Rage - Tue Sep 8 07:43:21 2009 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. No fixed-wing airplane is capable of hovering. The most likely explanation is that you received a mistaken impression of the airplanes' movement as a result of the darkness, visibility conditions, and angle of view. It can often appear to people on the ground that airplanes are moving very slowly or holding still when they are actually moving quite fast. It depends on the direction of motion relative to your position, and the angle above the horizon at which the aircraft appear. These must have been military aircraft, as civil aircraft would be very unlikely to be flying in formation, particularly at night. The other possibility is that they actually were helicopters, and actually did hover. As you did not describe the sound they… [cont.] Answered by aviophage - Tue Sep 8 11:55:09 2009 What is a good way to repair a cracked fiberglass fuselage? (rc airplane)?
Q. The aircraft was hit by a cross flying high speed pigeon believe it or not right after take off, I was able to repair the balsa wood wings but I have no idea what to use to repair the fuselage where the bird hit beak first and I dont think superglue is a good idea because the spot is very badly fractured and theres are sharp glass fibers all over it. any ideas? Asked by Gandalf - Fri Jul 20 10:00:49 2007 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. start by sanding the area where the crack is with some pretty rought sand paper, 80 grit. Try to sand down enough depth in the whole area that you can lay a clean fiberglass cloth on the area. Once you have it sanded down you get a piece of fiberglass cloth and cut it to a size that will over the area you just sanded. Mix the resin up and apply a coat to the area you sanded. Next lay the fiberglass cloth on the area and work it into the resin you have on the plane. Your goal is to remove any air bubbles from the area and saturate the fiberglass with resin. If you didn't put enough resin on the plane to soak all the way through the cloth don't worry you can now apply some more from the top side and work it in. After it drys us sand… [cont.] Answered by IG64 - Fri Jul 20 10:15:32 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "aircraft spotting" |
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