Solar eclips - aka: the end as we know it...

Jeff Cutler

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Been seeing some hype about flying to airports that'll be in the direct line of the full solar eclips in a couple of weeks.

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-maps

Carbondale looks like the closest to me, thats putting on a pretty big splash for the event. Any others looking to make a day of this?
 
I have an airport targeted but I can't get the airport manager to answer the phone.... not sure if I should retarget or consider that a good thing.
 
I have an airport targeted but I can't get the airport manager to answer the phone.... not sure if I should retarget or consider that a good thing.
Depends on the airport. Which one?
 
Been seeing some hype about flying to airports that'll be in the direct line of the full solar eclips in a couple of weeks.

https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-maps

Carbondale looks like the closest to me, thats putting on a pretty big splash for the event. Any others looking to make a day of this?
Looking at central Tenn, but it all depends on the weather. Stay away from Hopkinsville, they want a $150'landing fee that day.
 
Everybody understands the end as we know it happened, as the Mayans predicted, on Dec 21, 2012 at 11:11 Zulu. Everything since including this eclipse is an elaborate hoax promulgated by Putin and the Russians. I know because I read it on the internet...
 
Wow... I bought a newspaper today. After looking at it, I realized it is a paper that was printed on August 22, 2017.....

AP News: In an emergency appearance today before the United Nations, a team of international scientists reported that the world has ended. The stunning announcement came during a special session of the UN Security Council, during which scientists from around the world expressed alarm over the incident.

According to a statement issued earlier today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, the world ended on Monday, Aug. 21 at approximately 3:00 p.m. EDT, at which time the Earth was rocked by a cataclysmic explosion during the eclipse. The explosion shattered the planet and sent billions of molten fragments flying into space.

News of the disaster sent shock-waves around the globe. In Washington, President Trump has declared a state of emergency, and is reported to be in close contact with those world leaders who weren't incinerated or catapulted into space.

Cities across the country are reeling from the effects of the disaster. One of the hardest hit towns was Ludberg, Vermont, where mayor Jim Fineman described the situation as "catastrophic."

"There's no gravity," said Fineman, "so we can't even flush the toilets. And garbage is floating out of peoples' trashcans and getting all over the place, which is a real problem, because under the terms of our contract with the Sanitation Workers' Union, all garbage must be contained in an approved receptacle or they won't pick it up. So basically, we're screwed."

Civil defense authorities nationwide have been on high alert, however they have had difficulty marshaling volunteers.

"We can't find anybody," exclaims Lisa Coombs, Director of Emergency Services in Moorpark, California. "The phones are out of order and everybody's just gone, along with their houses, and even the ground they once stood on. There's nothing left, just a lot of junk floating in space."

In London, several municipal workers were reported to be blue and not moving about, while a vacuum-driven waste disposal system at Pockleborough was said not to be working due to the lack of atmosphere, with refuse reportedly backing up into people's flats.

In Norway, Dr. Piers Larsson, Director of the Oslo Geophysical Institute, expressed dismay over the scope of the disaster. "I've never seen anything like this," he exclaimed, surveying the black void of space where his laboratory once stood.

Scientists are divided over the exact cause of the cataclysm. Some believe the Earth was struck by a previously undiscovered comet or asteroid. Some say it was a death ray hidden in the shadow of the eclipse. Others aren't so sure, however they concur on at least one point: an explosion powerful enough to destroy the Earth is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.

"This is the most spectacular celestial event since the Shoemaker-Levy comet impacted Jupiter," explains Dr. Naki Fujimori, an astrophysicist from the University of Tokyo. "Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing its exact magnitude because all of our instruments were destroyed, along with everything else on the planet."
 
Seems to me the best place to go is the most tiny remote little airport you can find. I'm curious how many people have actually called various airports, or if all this stuff about landing fees and booking up is just internet lore.
 
Wow... I bought a newspaper today. After looking at it, I realized it is a paper that was printed on August 22, 2017.....

AP News: In an emergency appearance today before the United Nations, a team of international scientists reported that the world has ended. The stunning announcement came during a special session of the UN Security Council, during which scientists from around the world expressed alarm over the incident.

According to a statement issued earlier today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, the world ended on Monday, Aug. 21 at approximately 3:00 p.m. EDT, at which time the Earth was rocked by a cataclysmic explosion during the eclipse. The explosion shattered the planet and sent billions of molten fragments flying into space.

News of the disaster sent shock-waves around the globe. In Washington, President Trump has declared a state of emergency, and is reported to be in close contact with those world leaders who weren't incinerated or catapulted into space.

Cities across the country are reeling from the effects of the disaster. One of the hardest hit towns was Ludberg, Vermont, where mayor Jim Fineman described the situation as "catastrophic."

"There's no gravity," said Fineman, "so we can't even flush the toilets. And garbage is floating out of peoples' trashcans and getting all over the place, which is a real problem, because under the terms of our contract with the Sanitation Workers' Union, all garbage must be contained in an approved receptacle or they won't pick it up. So basically, we're screwed."

Civil defense authorities nationwide have been on high alert, however they have had difficulty marshaling volunteers.

"We can't find anybody," exclaims Lisa Coombs, Director of Emergency Services in Moorpark, California. "The phones are out of order and everybody's just gone, along with their houses, and even the ground they once stood on. There's nothing left, just a lot of junk floating in space."

In London, several municipal workers were reported to be blue and not moving about, while a vacuum-driven waste disposal system at Pockleborough was said not to be working due to the lack of atmosphere, with refuse reportedly backing up into people's flats.

In Norway, Dr. Piers Larsson, Director of the Oslo Geophysical Institute, expressed dismay over the scope of the disaster. "I've never seen anything like this," he exclaimed, surveying the black void of space where his laboratory once stood.

Scientists are divided over the exact cause of the cataclysm. Some believe the Earth was struck by a previously undiscovered comet or asteroid. Some say it was a death ray hidden in the shadow of the eclipse. Others aren't so sure, however they concur on at least one point: an explosion powerful enough to destroy the Earth is a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.

"This is the most spectacular celestial event since the Shoemaker-Levy comet impacted Jupiter," explains Dr. Naki Fujimori, an astrophysicist from the University of Tokyo. "Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing its exact magnitude because all of our instruments were destroyed, along with everything else on the planet."
There is an easy fix to all of that. All we have to do is raise taxes on the rich.
 
Seems to me the best place to go is the most tiny remote little airport you can find. I'm curious how many people have actually called various airports, or if all this stuff about landing fees and booking up is just internet lore.
Even Guernsey, WY is booking...translation: ain't no hope.

I'm planning to drive to be in the totality, that way if the world ends at least I'll have a car.
 
Civil defense authorities nationwide have been on high alert, however they have had difficulty marshaling volunteers.

I always thought that was a serious problem for CD in a real "the earth ends" scenario. :) They need robots.

News reports are talking about how the eclipse will affect the US power grid when solar plants lose production and fossil fuel plants have to kick in.

https://www.energymanagertoday.com/2017-solar-eclipse-will-affect-us-electric-grid-0171331/

Not too hard to manage **** that happens every night. LOL.

"Ermagherd! 1% of our local grid capacity is down!"
"Should we tell the natural gas peaker to spin up another turbine?"
"****, no. Are you kidding?"

:)
 
I always thought that was a serious problem for CD in a real "the earth ends" scenario. :) They need robots.



Not too hard to manage **** that happens every night. LOL.

"Ermagherd! 1% of our local grid capacity is down!"
"Should we tell the natural gas peaker to spin up another turbine?"
"****, no. Are you kidding?"

:)
Time to start the looting!
 
Even Guernsey, WY is booking...translation: ain't no hope.

I'm planning to drive to be in the totality, that way if the world ends at least I'll have a car.

1. Do you know this for a fact?
2.Class D airport with a 5000' runway isn't exactly what I'd call a remote airstrip.
 
1. Do you know this for a fact?
2.Class D airport with a 5000' runway isn't exactly what I'd call a remote airstrip.
1.Yes, I know for a fact.
2. Guernsey, WY. YGBSM. Yes it is a remote strip. Not as remote as it gets in Wyoming but pretty F'n remote. It is a military field that serves National Guard training. It's so sleepy that the town of Guernsey was able to negotiate public access. Why am I even trying to explain this to someone in Dallas who has no idea what he is asking about?
 
Well for one, I'm not in Dallas, I'm in San Diego, and for another I asked because there's a **** load of conjecture floating around. Clearly I knew enough to look up the airport, see its location, runway length and class of airspace. Maybe you shouldn't be such an uptight douche.
 
1.Yes, I know for a fact.
2. Guernsey, WY. YGBSM. Yes it is a remote strip. Not as remote as it gets in Wyoming but pretty F'n remote. It is a military field that serves National Guard training. It's so sleepy that the town of Guernsey was able to negotiate public access. Why am I even trying to explain this to someone in Dallas who has no idea what he is asking about?

Been there. Done that. Spent a week at Camp Guernsey one day.

The tie-downs are C-130 sized. Tie a Cessna to them, it'll make a nice pin-wheel in the Wyoming wind, usually.

Ramp is pretty big.

The fish sticks the Army serves are edible, but not in any way enjoyable. Throw the bread out that they serve with the fish sticks, it has mold. The "salad" is also edible, and will probably keep you from being plugged up by the fish sticks.

If one likes the sound of howitzer live fire, it's an excellent place to enjoy that. Even from a long way away. Getting closer requires special permission, and hearing protection is recommended.

:) :) :)
 
Well for one, I'm not in Dallas, I'm in San Diego, and for another I asked because there's a **** load of conjecture floating around. Maybe you shouldn't be such an uptight douche.
Not uptight at all. Pretty sure most POAers I've met would testify to that.

So now that is out of the way. What made you think anything other than sleepy when you see Guernsey on a chart? The presence of a tower? It's a military field. They'll staff a tower because it is there...now I've heard tales of airborne troops depositing themselves upon Guernsey and doing their level best to destroy the club then leaving. Dunno if that still happens. Not much else happens there...a few helo flights and things of that nature. It's a little surprising the first time you fly by but after that it's nothing.

Edit: airnav reports 75 ops a week (that's about 10 a day for the math challenged). That is indeed sleepy. Even a Californian could have checked that. In fact maybe a Californian is a douche for not checking before flying off the handle and calling someone else a douche. See what I did there?
 
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The fact that you decided to answer a simple question with a personal attack on my knowledge shows that maybe ******** is a more accurate description. Seems like you have quite the superiority complex too, since all I asked is if you had personal knowledge or not. A simple yes would suffice. All over the internet people are claiming all sorts of things they haven't verified, which was why I asked if you had.

As for sleepy fields, the one I'm hoping to go to is 2100' long has no taxiway and gets under 140 visits a year. For the math challenged, that's less than 3 a week. THAT is what I mean when I say little remote field.
 
The fact that you decided to answer a simple question with a personal attack on my knowledge shows that maybe ******** is a more accurate description. Seems like you have quite the superiority complex too, since all I asked is if you had personal knowledge or not. A simple yes would suffice. All over the internet people are claiming all sorts of things they haven't verified, which was why I asked if you had.

As for sleepy fields, the one I'm hoping to go to is 2100' long has no taxiway and gets under 140 visits a year. For the math challenged, that's less than 3 a week. THAT is what I mean when I say little remote field.
Nothing was personal in my response. I did not call you names or disparage you. I did point out that you were geographically remote and had not bothered to investigate the setting which you were questioning. You are the one who responded with name calling. Maybe you are the one who is uptight? Anyway HAND.
 
Seems to me the best place to go is the most tiny remote little airport you can find. I'm curious how many people have actually called various airports, or if all this stuff about landing fees and booking up is just internet lore.
Alliance, NE has 270+ airplanes on the list, they stopped taking reservations in mid July. Everything between Casper and Alliance is full.
 
After OSH, this might be one of the biggest nationwide GA events ever.
 
1. Do you know this for a fact?
2.Class D airport with a 5000' runway isn't exactly what I'd call a remote airstrip.
I booked tie-down at Guernsey over a month ago. It's about 20 nm off the direct line but still within totality.
 
Been there. Done that. Spent a week at Camp Guernsey one day.

The tie-downs are C-130 sized. Tie a Cessna to them, it'll make a nice pin-wheel in the Wyoming wind, usually.

Ramp is pretty big.

The fish sticks the Army serves are edible, but not in any way enjoyable. Throw the bread out that they serve with the fish sticks, it has mold. The "salad" is also edible, and will probably keep you from being plugged up by the fish sticks.

If one likes the sound of howitzer live fire, it's an excellent place to enjoy that. Even from a long way away. Getting closer requires special permission, and hearing protection is recommended.

:) :) :)
The airport mgr at Guernsey (I have his direct number) is also the webmaster for the town and one of the building inspectors. He also designed the Guernsey Eclipse tshirts, which are very original.
 
Why am I even trying to explain this to someone in Dallas who has no idea what he is asking about?
Seems like kind of a personal attack to me.

Nevermind the fact that while calling me out for not looking up every bit of information before asking a simple yes or no question, you couldn't even figure out the difference between my name and my location, even with it right there on the screen in front of you.

Thanks for the proper kind of response Murphey.
 
Seems like kind of a personal attack to me.

Nevermind the fact that while calling me out for not looking up every bit of information before asking a simple yes or no question, you couldn't even figure out the difference between my name and my location, even with it right there on the screen in front of you.

Thanks for the proper kind of response Murphey.
Pointing out that you haven't done your homework is personal? okay. Sorry that the world is such a big bad place. Perhaps you should point out that you think training wheels are important in any response to you. Now that was personal. Do you understand the difference?
 
Been there. Done that. Spent a week at Camp Guernsey one day.

The tie-downs are C-130 sized. Tie a Cessna to them, it'll make a nice pin-wheel in the Wyoming wind, usually.

Ramp is pretty big.

The fish sticks the Army serves are edible, but not in any way enjoyable. Throw the bread out that they serve with the fish sticks, it has mold. The "salad" is also edible, and will probably keep you from being plugged up by the fish sticks.

If one likes the sound of howitzer live fire, it's an excellent place to enjoy that. Even from a long way away. Getting closer requires special permission, and hearing protection is recommended.

:) :) :)
Maybe more ketchup on the fishsticks? That's the only thing I've found to make them even remotely palatable. You really should eat the moldy bread. It's free ergotamine.
 
The airport mgr at Guernsey (I have his direct number) is also the webmaster for the town and one of the building inspectors. He also designed the Guernsey Eclipse tshirts, which are very original.

Wow. Anyone with like four jobs in a small Wyoming town is usually doing pretty well. If he adds Mayor to his resume he could make another $5000 a year. LOL. ;)

Kidding of course -- but not. We know that's how life goes on the prairie. Western Nebraska is similar. Our mutual friend who manages an airport up there used to fly FedEx caravans all night, and plow airport runways by day. I don't know if or when he ever slept.
 
Ok you two... They're both exactly 6" long. Now shake hands and make up. :cheers:


Anyways as for the eclipse... What if instead of landing at Podunk Int'l and the reservations, etc, you just watched it from the air? Kind of like a sunset flight.
 
Ok you two... They're both exactly 6" long. Now shake hands and make up. :cheers:


Anyways as for the eclipse... What if instead of landing at Podunk Int'l and the reservations, etc, you just watched it from the air? Kind of like a sunset flight.

Good idea, except that you would go blind if you look at it, and you can't see your instruments if you wear welders glasses. And the shadow moves across the earth at over a thousand miles an hour so you couldn't keep up for long.
 
Ok you two... They're both exactly 6" long. Now shake hands and make up. :cheers:


Anyways as for the eclipse... What if instead of landing at Podunk Int'l and the reservations, etc, you just watched it from the air? Kind of like a sunset flight.
I'll have you know mine is 6.1" so there.
 
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