Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet

Post by kyleblarson » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 8:54 PM UTC

limeblack wrote: post #18

This is nothing new from Alaska Air. I congratulate them for this! In fact this happened near Hawaii https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-airlines/news/eclipse-flig... in 2015.

Post by 24gttghh » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 8:59 PM UTC

paulgb wrote: post #14

asteli wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are lots of examples of Americentrism, but I don't think this is one. The eclipse was basically only visible from the United States. For reference, here's the chart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SE2017Aug21T.png

> There are lots of examples of Americentrism Such as the fact that that word refers to the USA and not the whole of the Americas :)

Post by mikeash » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 9:08 PM UTC

ethbro wrote: post #2

Does anyone have pointers on where I could get an estimate on average maintenence costs / flight hour & fuel costs for a Boeing 737-900ER? Interested in working up a rough number for how much this cost to make happen. Can't imagine it was profitable. And very cool! Edit: Per Boeing [1], they quote $151 / flight hour in actual service on a 737-800. Random site [2] gives fuel on a 737-900ER as 0.17 km per litre / 0.40…

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 9:11 PM UTC

crunksht wrote: post #19

curiousgal wrote: post #13

>Great American Eclipse That is rather egocentric to be honest. It is just a solar eclipse that happened to be visible in the U.S. this time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_solar_eclipses_in_the_...

I disagree. Calling it the 'Great American Eclipse' is fair because it crossed over the entire country coast to coast making it accessible to just about every major population center by car. It was also only visible in America. That's pretty neat.

Post by 1024core » Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 9:11 PM UTC