tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post110696428837911801..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Speed TrapAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-24184158452827259772007-12-24T06:46:00.000+00:002007-12-24T06:46:00.000+00:00Go back a step and tell them about how a pitot tub...Go back a step and tell them about how a pitot tube works. We sod crawlers think in terms of an odometer, not equating the ram pressure in the tube with how fast the tip is being pushed through the air.<BR/>When your pax's (formerly referred to as "SOB's", or "souls on board") ask about how fast, give them ground speed. I'm sure you have a ground-pointing Doppler just to answer that question, no?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1162927474355776162006-11-07T19:24:00.000+00:002006-11-07T19:24:00.000+00:00The flight attendant entered the flight deck one e...The flight attendant entered the flight deck one evening, and innocently asked, "How fast are we going? A passenger wants to know..." I must have been bored or feeling philosophical, because the answer went something like... "Well, this indicator says were going 250 knots due west, but that means it's more like 480 knots. But there's a 80 knot wind blowing against us, so we're really going west at about 400 knots... then again, the earth is rotating from west to east - at this latitude that's probably about 1,000 miles per hour, so we're really travelling east at about 600 knots... then again as the earth is revolving around the sun, I guess we're heading towards the belt of Orion at this time of year at some horrific speed, then there's the motion of the solar system and the galaxy... and of course the universe is still expanding ... (somewhere early on in that rather complete answer, I may have heard the cockpit door slamming behind me...). Go figure. Ask a question then not even listen to the answer...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com