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Here is a picture I took after messing with the aperture and having quite a long lense https://i.stack.imgur.com/YvyJB.jpg from Robinsville NC. I swear you can see stars in there but could be wrong.
http://i.imgur.com/undefined.jpg
I'd like to see what you can come up with doing this on the original file!
another cool one is the 70's one using the Concorde: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8q8qwk/the-concor...
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Based on sokoloff's source, it looks to be a bit under $50k in total cost (to the airline). If you want to run that number by your friends for a 4.75 hr flight in a 737-900ER, it'd be nice to get confirmation. PS: You lucky dog. I've been debating going for my pilot's license.
About $3750/hr. There is also ownership costs which are about $3500/day. By the way, flying small planes is more fun. With the larger planes, I've been expected to mostly keep it going the right direction. In the smaller prop jobs, my friends don't much care so long as I don't bump into anything. You don't need a license to pilot the plane. A licensed pilot can let you take the controls. Just hit up your nearest regi…
And noted. I may see if I can get a flight. My long term dream is to acquire float plane.
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About $3750/hr. There is also ownership costs which are about $3500/day. By the way, flying small planes is more fun. With the larger planes, I've been expected to mostly keep it going the right direction. In the smaller prop jobs, my friends don't much care so long as I don't bump into anything. You don't need a license to pilot the plane. A licensed pilot can let you take the controls. Just hit up your nearest regi…
Thanks! That's kind of inline with the numbers above after they were clarified, ex ownership costs. And noted. I may see if I can get a flight. My long term dream is to acquire float plane.
Most pilots I've met are happy to encourage a love of flying. Planes are pretty common here (outside Rangeley, Maine) and I've been encouraged to get one. I probably won't, but I do consider getting my license.
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I'm guessing you have status with them? Almost every airline is great once you have status. Personally, I hate Alaska. I fly ~2/month & avoid Alaska if I can. My wife's family is from Seattle, so sadly, they're unavoidable around the holidays. Some grievances: * Ridiculous fees. Before we were married my wife booked two flights for after we were married. She changed her name & realized that would cause a problem with…
Yeah most of their planes are disgusting and I can't stand their branding. It's such a shame that they acquired Virgin America. I loved that airline. I wish we lived in a world where that acquisition had been the other way around.
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Where I was watching (the "day tripper" area at Solartown in Madras, Oregon) there was one bright point source reasonably near the Sun which I assume was Mercury [1]. Overall the sky was brighter than I expected, and if there were stars visible there were not many of them. There was also some idiot's drone buzzing above us, with red lights on two of its opposite arms and green lights on the other two arms. [1] or rat…
That was Venus. not Mercury.
Concorde (or the Tu-144) could've kept up with the shadow
http://xjubier.free.fr/en/site_pages/solar_eclipses/TSE_1973...
Best part of the video: https://youtu.be/8FwF1DvksIQ?t=52s
I was watching the eclipse in Corvallis and, about 10 minutes before totality, a plane jetted around at high altitude and left a contrail[1]. The new cloud, in the otherwise perfectly clear sky, began to drift toward the sun and I thought, "There could be few better symbols of the attitude that some of %0.0001 have to the rest of us than this." Fortunately, even though the contrail did drift over the sun during total…
It amazes me how inadequate every photo ever taken is compared to actually seeing the eclipse. They just don't capture the beauty of the corona.
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Sat in the back on an Alaska flight to Hawaii and they ran out of food a couple rows before me. Felt like a bad MBA optimization - save $20 on food by under buying at the cost of periodically making a few passenger unhappy for a 5 hour flight.
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