April 10, 2002 at 7:02 pm
Has anyone flown above say 39,999?
and
has anyone experienced the view of the earth curving at night from a plane, dont know what altitude and no not concorde.
Stables.
By: EGNM - 11th April 2002 at 11:55
RE: alt
yeah done FL410 in a 762 of BY 3 weeks ago!! – last june we were delayed for 7 hours going to crete and we flew at FL390 taking off at midnight, – 4 hour flight and 2 hours diferance = a 6am landing – beautiful!!!
By: monster500 - 11th April 2002 at 04:26
RE: alt
Yeah been at 56000 on concorde and 41000 on a 767 nice view to
By: dan330 - 10th April 2002 at 20:38
RE: alt
Concorde can actually go to about 65,000 ft I think.
I had one of those pleasure flights a few years ago on it (MAN-MAN) and we were at about 55,000 ft then.
You do start to see the curvature of the earth and the sky above is very dark!
By: Benair316P - 10th April 2002 at 20:19
RE: alt
Yep…now thats where you see the curve of the earth!
I’ve only reached FL390….nearly there.
Regards
Ben
By: T5 - 10th April 2002 at 20:15
RE: alt
I done 37,000ft at tops on a 767. Concorde can cruise at a maximum altitude of 52,000ft… that must be amazing!
By: mongu - 10th April 2002 at 20:06
RE: alt
Yes, but only on 747’s flying over high ground in my case. Absolutely stunning at dawn.