what height do we fly at?
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From: The Village of the Aliens
what height do we fly at?
hi there. i wonder if anyone can answer this question.i am flying to stanstead airport from glasgow next month and would like to know what is the maximum height we can fly at. i thought it may be 30,000 feet but is it dependant on the weather conditions. thanks again. 
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Unlikely to be much above 37000ft although the aircraft on that route could fly up to 40/41. For jet, anywhere between 25 and 37 I would guess.
Depends on ATC clearance, crew's request, aircraft type and serviceability to name but a few and, as you say, weather.
Depends on ATC clearance, crew's request, aircraft type and serviceability to name but a few and, as you say, weather.
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From: Blairgowrie,Scotland
Always wondered about the spelling.
If you do a google search for Stansted/Stanstead Mountfitchet,the village from which the airport takes it's name,you'll find an equal amount of references to BOTH spellings.
Any locals wish to comment?(sorry about the thread hijack!)
If you do a google search for Stansted/Stanstead Mountfitchet,the village from which the airport takes it's name,you'll find an equal amount of references to BOTH spellings.
Any locals wish to comment?(sorry about the thread hijack!)
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At what height do we fly?
Has anyone else sussed that a reply to this question could supply a "terrorist" with vital information to set a barometric device to explode a bomb, loaded in the hold of an aircraft on a given flight ,on a given day?
I know it's a bit over the top but it goes to show how an innocent question and reply could have serious repercusions.
Right, I feel better for writing that. It has bothered me all day.
Mc F
I know it's a bit over the top but it goes to show how an innocent question and reply could have serious repercusions.
Right, I feel better for writing that. It has bothered me all day.
Mc F
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From: The Village of the Aliens
heights
i take your point and understand where you are coming from but the answer was that the plane flies at different heights dependant on various factors so it would need to be a very clever"terrorist" to be able to decide exactly what height he/she could set off a potential device and i think most people who fly have a rough idea of the maximum heights which they fly at so that is no secret either thanks for putting a different perspective on this topic as it never even occurred to me.
thanks for putting a different perspective on this topic as it never even occurred to me.
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I very much doubt that you will be flying at 37,000 from Glasgow to Stansted.
At MYT we do a positioning sector from Bristol to Leeds in the A320 and this generally flies at around 16-20,000 feet. Would guess you will be flying at around 27,000 tops.
At MYT we do a positioning sector from Bristol to Leeds in the A320 and this generally flies at around 16-20,000 feet. Would guess you will be flying at around 27,000 tops.
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Now i've heard it all!!!
When i picked myself up off the floor after the bout of laughter,i realised what sad,skeptical,paranoid people there are about,and it's actually scaring me.
If a terrorist has the ability to make a "barometric trigger device",do you really think he would have no clue what height an airliner flies at? Astounding!
Secondly,as a pilot,you seldom are guaranteed to get your requested Flight Level,so that info is of no use as there is no way to predict what LVL a flight will be given.Please,don't try to look for "terrorists"behind every innocent and often valid question-its really so annoying and quite narrow-minded.Have a bit of faith in the established security procedures at airports to root them out.
When i picked myself up off the floor after the bout of laughter,i realised what sad,skeptical,paranoid people there are about,and it's actually scaring me.
If a terrorist has the ability to make a "barometric trigger device",do you really think he would have no clue what height an airliner flies at? Astounding!
Secondly,as a pilot,you seldom are guaranteed to get your requested Flight Level,so that info is of no use as there is no way to predict what LVL a flight will be given.Please,don't try to look for "terrorists"behind every innocent and often valid question-its really so annoying and quite narrow-minded.Have a bit of faith in the established security procedures at airports to root them out.
'nough said
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When i picked myself up off the floor after the bout of laughter
If pprune was divulging sensitive information to the terrorist the site would have been closed down a long time ago and Danny would be in Guantanamo.
I was going to ask if I misheard a pilot once telling us over the PA that we were flying at 50000feet (in 747) but I guess that's hush hush info.
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From: The Village of the Aliens
just curiosity really
hi there. i never realised there could be so many different aspects of this topic. i only asked out of curiosity as i have flown to stansted(WMC please note i spelt it correctly
) a few times now and we never seemed to fly that high up.thanks for all the different anwers though..very enlightening
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PPPrune Radar,
I am slightly concerned about the information divulged in you last post. Lets say If and i mean If the terrorist were looking to make a bomb that exploded when the combination of height, speed and level of thrust at the Inner marker was used as the detonation then you might have just given them the information they were after.
I am slightly concerned about the information divulged in you last post. Lets say If and i mean If the terrorist were looking to make a bomb that exploded when the combination of height, speed and level of thrust at the Inner marker was used as the detonation then you might have just given them the information they were after.