Separation guess, just for fun

455 Bravo Uniform

455 Bravo Uniform

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I was a passenger yesterday on a commercial flight, I took the pic on my phone (was immersed in my Gleim PPL test prep when I glanced out the window...had my calculator/phone in my hand doing W&B so I quickly caught the shot),

Second question: How far and how much higher is the other plane?

First question: I am sure some are wondering what plane I was in, to get the perspective of height and distance based on winglet size...I won't give that up until someone guesses what plane I was in.

POA is partly for fun, right? Enjoy.
 

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We see that all the time. RVSM only requires 1,000 ft which can seem fairly close when meeting head-on using the same airway.
 
The other is higher than you think. I'd guess anywhere from 5-10,000'.
 
At high altitudes the farther away they are the harder it is to tell what altitude they are at. I flew right seat on a citation a few weeks ago and passed quite close behind another jet that at first appeared below us, but was in fact above us.
 
I think it was a miss by only a few feet but that other plane is really small.
 
3 to 5 miles away, 1,000 or 3,000 above.

Pretty sure you aren't in a 737. 757?
 
Other aircraft is approx. 5 miles away, 1000' high (from estimated dimensions of both aircraft).
 
Jordan got it. Emb 170/175.

I was surpised how big those winglets were for the size of plane/wing! Does that change the perspective enough to change peoples' guesses?

I have no clue, I would have guessed 1000 ft (or less) & 1 mi, but I'm new to this jazz...
 
Cheating. Your aircraft is leveling off from a 10 degree left bank, which aims your perspective upward to the higher aircraft. 3 miles, 1000' vertical. You're low. I can tell you're traveling west by the angle and color of the sunlight. Also, you were 42 minutes into that flight as evidenced by your phone's lack of sharpness of focus, which proves that you were in the middle seat.
 
StinkBug said:
At high altitudes the farther away they are the harder it is to tell what altitude they are at. I flew right seat on a citation a few weeks ago and passed quite close behind another jet that at first appeared below us, but was in fact above us.
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This is so true.
 
How close does it look now?
As 6PC said:
I think it was a miss by only a few feet but that other plane is really small.
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I guess he wins.
 

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If you're sending this to the media, this was a potential almost tragic near-miss (they weren't even close), followed by both planes making evasive maneuvers (doing nothing), followed by each plane making an emergency (normal) landing. We'll need an aviation (non-aviation) expert (layman) to comment, and please won't you think of the children (ratings)?
 
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