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Old May 2nd, 2006, 10:55 PM   #1
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Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
Turn up the volume. Bones, thanks for sharing this.

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Old May 2nd, 2006, 11:12 PM   #2
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
a pic (or series of them) is worth a thousand thank-you's to atc for what they do every day.
I could see them workin it there.
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Old May 2nd, 2006, 11:46 PM   #3
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
Very cool thanks for the post Chip.
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
thats pretty neat
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
Serously cool. I saw diversions to Nashvilee, Little Rock, St. Louis and Dallas at the end there.
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Old May 3rd, 2006, 07:22 AM   #6
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
That was really cool. I liked how the aircraft just barely missed the weather.

Very neat
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Old May 3rd, 2006, 09:33 AM   #7
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
That reminded me of a bunch of worker ants trying to get to the nest.

I found it interesting that it took longer for some of those diversions to get to the alternates than it would have taken to just wait out the storm and then land.
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
Reminds me of my last foray in to the same vicinity. I noticed that some of the pilots appeared to be a bit braver than most.
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The music was cool, and you can see some of the aircraft in the hold and divert to alt.
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That reminded me of a bunch of worker ants trying to get to the nest.


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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
Does anyone know what timeframe that covers? There's a counter in the lower left but I can't read it. I'd suspect if we monitored all arrivals at a given airport over a 24 hour period, we'd see the same behavior.

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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
Very cool display. I like how it was a single file line going around the red.
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Old May 3rd, 2006, 12:52 PM   #14
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Outstanding time lapse and great score. Thank You.
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
I liked those pilots (maybe three) who decided to hold for a while to the north, then came in for landing after the Wx had passed. 'Course, not everyone has the fuel for that option .....
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
I know one of the guys at Metron (who make the POET software that takes all the FAA radar data and stores it and displays it - it's the basis of sites like FlightAware.com) and maybe I can get some other raw data from him.

Sure was neat.
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Thats an awesome video. Thanks
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That was pretty cool!
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Old May 4th, 2006, 08:05 PM   #19
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
Hey Chip! Here's a link to another neat one that show's a normal day of operations in much the same manner.


http://digitalcreations.cc/videos/FDX_25HR_OPS.wmv


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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
I liked watching the few brave souls who saw green on the radar and decided to chance scooting through it. You end up either on the evening news, or on the ground sipping coffee...
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
And, yeah, that's cool, but it doesn't explain why my two-day package was delivered across the street and two doors down....

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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
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I noticed that some of the pilots appeared to be a bit braver than most.
I wonder what the passenger airlines would have done? IOW, when does passenger comfort come into play when deciding how close to get to the weather?
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Re: Cool Video of FedEx Wx Diversions
would someone pls pm me the link; I wanted to show a bud.
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