"Is That an Aircraft In Front of Us?"

[EHITCH]

NYTimes report of the near miss at JFK. You may have to register to read this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/26/nyregion/26miss.html?pagewanted=1

EH

 

[SCCutler]

Read that, and think about it the next time you're on one of those A340s doing a "flex" takeoff (the leisurely taxi-into-the-sky method).

 

[SJP]

NYTimes report of the near miss at JFK. You may have to register to read this.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/26/nyregion/26miss.html?pagewanted=1

EH

BugMeNot in the Mozilla Browser essentially eliminates these registration requests.

Try the following

username : kallisti_b
password : fnord

 

[mikea]

That helpful diagram doesn't quite explain what the DC-8 captain talking about in regards to the distances he cleared the 767.

The point is the DC-8 was at a 10 degree angle of attack as it climbed so it's tail was lower than then it's cockpit. That's the 75 feet vs. 45 feet distance.

An animation of the DC-8 passing over the 767 might have made that clearer.