Near miss from space junk.

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:


The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between
Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic
controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk
hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his
plane about 10pm last night.

How did he see stuff behind him?

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:
The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between
Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic
controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk
hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his
plane about 10pm last night.

"Dan Luke" wrote:
How did he see stuff behind him?

In his rear view mirror, of course!
;-)

Rear view mirror?

Dan Luke wrote:

"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote:



The pilot of a Lan Chile Airbus A340, which was travelling between
Santiago, Chile, and Auckland, New Zealand, notified air traffic
controllers at Auckland Oceanic Centre after seeing flaming space junk
hurtling across the sky just five nautical miles in front of and behind his
plane about 10pm last night.



How did he see stuff behind him?




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For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."

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"Dan Luke" wrote in message
...
How did he see stuff behind him?

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Dan
C-172RG at BFM

Would it have come up on TCAS?
Crash Lander

On 2007-03-28, Crash Lander wrote:
Would it have come up on TCAS?
Crash Lander

Only if they fitted a transponder to the space junk!

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Dylan Smith wrote:

On 2007-03-28, Crash Lander wrote:
Would it have come up on TCAS?
Crash Lander

Only if they fitted a transponder to the space junk!

OK, so TCAS reads transponder codes. I thought it was like a radar. You
learn something everyday! ;-)

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But I'm never wrong.

Oz Lander writes:

OK, so TCAS reads transponder codes. I thought it was like a radar.

TCAS I (the kind often used on small aircraft) reads Mode C replies from other
transponders and builds a picture of the airspace from that, with moderate
accuracy. TCAS II (the kind mandated on large aircraft) also listens to other
TCAS systems to build a much more accurate picture of the airspace (if lots of
other aircraft are similarly equipped).

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Mxsmanic wrote in
:

Oz Lander writes:

OK, so TCAS reads transponder codes. I thought it was like a radar.

TCAS I (the kind often used on small aircraft) reads Mode C replies
from other transponders and builds a picture of the airspace from
that, with moderate accuracy. TCAS II (the kind mandated on large
aircraft) also listens to other TCAS systems to build a much more
accurate picture of the airspace (if lots of other aircraft are
similarly equipped).

God you're clueless. you can't run into another computer unless you got
it straped to the hood of you 63 plymout valiant and hit your friend
with the same thing strapped to his rambler, wannavbe boi,


Bertie

On Mar 29, 11:18 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Oz Lander writes:
OK, so TCAS reads transponder codes. I thought it was like a radar.

TCAS I (the kind often used on small aircraft) reads Mode C replies from other
transponders and builds a picture of the airspace from that, with moderate
accuracy. TCAS II (the kind mandated on large aircraft) also listens to other
TCAS systems to build a much more accurate picture of the airspace (if lots of
other aircraft are similarly equipped).

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None of the small aircraft I have ever flown has had TCAS.. Are you
sure you got that right ???

"chris" wrote in
oups.com:

On Mar 29, 11:18 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Oz Lander writes:
OK, so TCAS reads transponder codes. I thought it was like a radar.

TCAS I (the kind often used on small aircraft) reads Mode C replies
from other transponders and builds a picture of the airspace from
that, with moderate accuracy. TCAS II (the kind mandated on large
aircraft) also listens to other TCAS systems to build a much more
accurate picture of the airspace (if lots of other aircraft are
similarly equipped).

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Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.

None of the small aircraft I have ever flown has had TCAS.. Are you
sure you got that right ???


It'd be a first if he did.

bertie