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Brits tell Emirates Turn off those plane cameras!
"Mikey" wrote in message
... Personally I think personal protests should take the form of: 1) Villagers stand in their back gardens and moon at the aircraft for being so damn nosy. 2) Pilots moon out of their aircraft at the villagers for being so damn parochial. (Defn: Parochial - Adjective narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "insular attitudes toward foreigners") I wouldn't solve anything but it would make for a *much* more interesting news story. Having flown four segments in the Emirates A340-500 in the past two weeks (including one into LGW), I can tell you that it is impossible to be able to positively identify anything more than fields, buildings, roads and vehicles. Even on the enormous 17" screens in FC, when you're coming in to land, when you're much closer to the ground, not only are you moving very fast, but also the resolution on the cameras in insufficient to identify anything that could be considered any more intrusive than your average satellite photograph. Strom in a teacup springs to mind! Kind Regards, Howard |
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Brits tell Emirates Turn off those plane cameras!
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:56:12 +0000 (UTC), "Howard Long"
wrote: "Mikey" wrote in message ... Personally I think personal protests should take the form of: 1) Villagers stand in their back gardens and moon at the aircraft for being so damn nosy. 2) Pilots moon out of their aircraft at the villagers for being so damn parochial. (Defn: Parochial - Adjective narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "insular attitudes toward foreigners") I wouldn't solve anything but it would make for a *much* more interesting news story. Having flown four segments in the Emirates A340-500 in the past two weeks (including one into LGW), I can tell you that it is impossible to be able to positively identify anything more than fields, buildings, roads and vehicles. Even on the enormous 17" screens in FC, when you're coming in to land, when you're much closer to the ground, not only are you moving very fast, but also the resolution on the cameras in insufficient to identify anything that could be considered any more intrusive than your average satellite photograph. Strom in a teacup springs to mind! Kind Regards, Howard Thank you for that,; it was needed for this thread which has gone utterly stupid. I too have flown into local airfields as well as airports, many times over my own house at 1000feet. and still could not recognise it, even at a mere 170mph!!! Some people!!! Gawds help us. |
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Brits tell Emirates Turn off those plane cameras!
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:09:24 +0000, Martin WY wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:56:12 +0000 (UTC), "Howard Long" wrote: "Mikey" wrote in message ... Personally I think personal protests should take the form of: 1) Villagers stand in their back gardens and moon at the aircraft for being so damn nosy. 2) Pilots moon out of their aircraft at the villagers for being so damn parochial. (Defn: Parochial - Adjective narrowly restricted in outlook or scope; "insular attitudes toward foreigners") I wouldn't solve anything but it would make for a *much* more interesting news story. Having flown four segments in the Emirates A340-500 in the past two weeks (including one into LGW), I can tell you that it is impossible to be able to positively identify anything more than fields, buildings, roads and vehicles. Even on the enormous 17" screens in FC, when you're coming in to land, when you're much closer to the ground, not only are you moving very fast, but also the resolution on the cameras in insufficient to identify anything that could be considered any more intrusive than your average satellite photograph. Strom in a teacup springs to mind! Kind Regards, Howard Thank you for that,; it was needed for this thread which has gone utterly stupid. I too have flown into local airfields as well as airports, many times over my own house at 1000feet. and still could not recognise it, even at a mere 170mph!!! Some people!!! Gawds help us. Its still information for a terrorist cult theocracy Petzl -- Vote One Nation first, The Opposition Member second Your sitting member last 2nd last the anti-environment party the "Greens" |
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