EdFred
Taxi to Parking
Look again. Look at the WHOLE thing. Even the part you didn't highlight.
OK, you presumably have no experience with wildfires, so I'll just assume you don't know that a column of smoke can rise to the tropopause under some conditions.
I have no issue with the 91.205 comment which is why I didn't highlight the 91.205 portion.
When I've seen them, they have been in the middle of a TFR. Are you suggesting I fly into the TFR just to get a better view of the smoke?
When I've seen it, it has been in the middle of a TFR.I've seen quite a lot of smoke over 10,000 MSL. Just because you haven't doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Kent flies a Mooney. I'm pretty sure he's not blasting around Wisconsin at 180kts IAS low enough to make out the direction a windsock is blowing. And to make sure he's in that same streamline. Then again Kent may be blasting around at that speed. In which case, he's as crazy as I am, and I'm pretty sure he's not.And the 7000 AGL thing was YOUR addition. Some of us fly at lower altitudes sometimes, and no such general solution was requested by the OP.
Could still be off by 10-20 degrees easily, which may not get a close enough number for certain types. Knowing Kent, he probably wants it near exact. Unless he's mellowed out since marriage.Though, even at 10000 MSL, it's not THAT hard to eyeball the WCA. You can't tell a headwind from a tailwind that way, but you sure can tell a significant crosswind.
If we could design aircraft to withstand the conditions on Venus, and put in 8-24 satellites in Venusian orbit, there's no reason it couldn't work.Oh wait, now I suppose you'll tell me that my solution doesn't work on Venus. I'll give you a preemptive pass. You would be right. It won't work on Venus.
I know you're never wrong. PhD's are never wrong when something is pointed out by a non-PhD.Dude, I know you have an axe to grind. But don't make up situations just to create an opportunity to call me an idiot. ESPECIALLY if you aren't going to get it 100% right. Feel free to tell me when I'm actually wrong, but if you're going there, it has to be reciprocal.