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Aloysius the Gaul
OneManArmy
Zaphod58
reply to post by OneManArmy
Then where is the evidence they are real? And don't say "you can see the difference", because you can't tell a chemical from a contrail by looks alone.
Stormfury
A failed attempt to "steer" hurricanes 40 years ago proves that chemtrails exist today?
How does that work??
Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by AbleEndangered
Except they gave it up in the early 1970's, and haven't been "practicing" at all.
So perhaps you should stop inventing stuff to support the myth and just admit there's no evidence.
tsurfer2000h
reply to post by Lingweenie
Saying the wind speed is faster in higher altitudes proves nothing.
It does when you think that something coming from a plane that high up will effect you directly under it.
And that is also the reason you see persistent contrails spreading out.
gman1972
Can't fly planes without fuel or crew, a typical cross country flight burns roughly 40,000kgs of fuel, a 1000kgs costs around $980 USD, so $39,200 times 100 airplanes = 3,920,000 a day x 365 = 1,430,800,000. You need people to fly those planes (unless the person above is correct and they are jumbo drone planes) you won't find a captain to fly a big jet for less than 200,000 a year, and a f/o is around 100,000. So 300,000 for crewing, 100 aircraft = 30,000,000 a year. I'm not even going to bother with maintenance as that part I don't know but I'm sure its a few mil.
OneManArmy
Aloysius the Gaul
reply to post by AbleEndangered
Except they gave it up in the early 1970's, and haven't been "practicing" at all.
So perhaps you should stop inventing stuff to support the myth and just admit there's no evidence.
lol, of course they did.
CaptainBeno
No, but I am going to tell you that is a non-pressurised aircraft. Meaning it can't go to the dizzying heights you see you "trails" at.
Fail.
Zaphod58
reply to post by AbleEndangered
It's called Fly-By-Wire and I'm well aware of it. It doesn't change anything. It would still require special modifications to become an unmanned aircraft.
All digital architecture changes is weight, since you no longer have to have pulleys and cables, and control response time. It didn't suddenly let the crew sleep while it's flown from the ground, or remove the crew requirement.
AbleEndangered
reply to post by Zaphod58
You are unfamiliar with the new digital interfaces instead of analog controls??
Any plane with digital interface can be remotely steered and require this equipment to commercially fly in most air spaces!
I wont get into these systems, but you can at federal aviation websites...