The dawn of the 100 mile final?
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The dawn of the 100 mile final?
By 2013 100 European airports will allow planes to descend from cruise to land, thus saving 450 kg of C02 per landing
New Plan To Reduce Planes' C02 Emissions - CBS News
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New Plan To Reduce Planes' C02 Emissions - CBS News
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.. airports will allow planes to descend all the way from cruising altitude to the runway in one smooth glide..
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It all seems so futile.
Since 1750 All of Mankind's CO2 inputs have increased the CO2 in the atmosphere by barely a 1/10,000th part! What on earth are these silly Green people trying to do?
ref. "Currently CO2 occupies only 1/10,000th more of the atmosphere than in 1750, Keeling & Whorf, et al. 2004"
Aircraft contribute such a small amount in reality but politically it seems they are choking the planet!
Why change anything for politicians whims?
Since 1750 All of Mankind's CO2 inputs have increased the CO2 in the atmosphere by barely a 1/10,000th part! What on earth are these silly Green people trying to do?
ref. "Currently CO2 occupies only 1/10,000th more of the atmosphere than in 1750, Keeling & Whorf, et al. 2004"
Aircraft contribute such a small amount in reality but politically it seems they are choking the planet!
Why change anything for politicians whims?
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When you consider the nonsense that goes on in the London TMA, for instance, where we are forced to descend 50 miles prior to the TMA boundary and stooge along at FL280 or lower for 80 miles or more, then find ourselves 6000' high on the profile for our destination, I just wonder how difficult it would be to allow us to descend when we need to and power up at 5 miles on finals?
Modern Technology? Berlin Tegel landed an aircraft every fifty seconds during the Airlift.
Current best around two minutes.
Modern Technology? Berlin Tegel landed an aircraft every fifty seconds during the Airlift.
Current best around two minutes.
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...London TMA...
I just wonder how difficult it would be to allow us to descend when we need to and power up at 5 miles on finals?
I just wonder how difficult it would be to allow us to descend when we need to and power up at 5 miles on finals?
ref. "Currently CO2 occupies only 1/10,000th more of the atmosphere than in 1750, Keeling & Whorf, et al. 2004"
CO2 only occupies about 3/10000ths of the atmosphere in the first place. So an increase of 1/10000th constitues a 33% increase! Quite alarming if its true.
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If you look at the CO2 levels here...
File:Co2-temperature-plot.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
there does seem to be a regular cycle between roughly 180 - 300 ppm every 100,000 years or so. The big question is - which will continue, the upward trend or the cycle, now that man is interfering in a big way?
File:Co2-temperature-plot.svg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
there does seem to be a regular cycle between roughly 180 - 300 ppm every 100,000 years or so. The big question is - which will continue, the upward trend or the cycle, now that man is interfering in a big way?
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Since 1750 All of Mankind's CO2 inputs have increased the CO2 in the atmosphere by barely a 1/10,000th part! What on earth are these silly Green people trying to do?
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Who knows what the future holds - but less fuel burn and lower maintenance costs are both good things to do now.
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I wonder how many carbon credits I would have to come up with to offset stacking all the tree-huggers in a pile like a cord of wood, pouring petrol on them, and lighting them on fire.
I'm accepting donations to the cause.
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If we British really cared about either the environment or fuel burn and maintenance costs we'd see building a third runway at LHR but capping the maximum of flights at say 70% of maximum would both reduce overall congestion and pollution in the UK.
At any time throughout the day, there may be up to 10-20 aircraft circling in the London stacks adding 10-20 minutes extra to their flight times, burning extra fuel, worsening the air quality etc.
Now as a bit of a closet tree hugger, I don't want to see virgin land concreted over nor do I want to see the polar ice caps melt so building a third runway AND capping capacity would would have the effect of reducing the total output of CO2. So this way, everyone is happy - job done - well unless you live in Sipson.
At any time throughout the day, there may be up to 10-20 aircraft circling in the London stacks adding 10-20 minutes extra to their flight times, burning extra fuel, worsening the air quality etc.
Now as a bit of a closet tree hugger, I don't want to see virgin land concreted over nor do I want to see the polar ice caps melt so building a third runway AND capping capacity would would have the effect of reducing the total output of CO2. So this way, everyone is happy - job done - well unless you live in Sipson.