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kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 17 @ 1:36 PM ET
Well, the main use of radar is tracking commercial flights - by and large, they don't try to fly that low because they want people on the ground telling them that if they land it will be as a fireball.

Things under 5,000 feet have to fly a lot slower, and are generally speaking, pretty visible. So unless you happen to be a country that can't afford to actually monitor its airspace (when a jet drops out of Radar in this country it tends to get noticed) the system works pretty well.
- nfph

we were really just looking to female dog about this missing plane.
Mapes
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 05.16.2011
Mar 17 @ 1:38 PM ET
My favourite Irish Radar is Radar O'Reilly..
nfph
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Schadenfreude, NY
Joined: 09.22.2006
Mar 17 @ 1:39 PM ET
we were really just looking to female dog about this missing plane.
- kicksave856

"Malaysia, what the (frank) is up with those people?"

There you go...
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 17 @ 1:40 PM ET
My favourite Irish Radar is Radar O'Reilly..
- Mapes

oh hey, mapes.

my grandmother named one of her dogs after radar o'reilly.

she named another one trapper.

she must have really liked that show.
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 17 @ 1:41 PM ET
"Malaysia, what the (frank) is up with those people?"

There you go...
- nfph

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nfph
Referee
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Schadenfreude, NY
Joined: 09.22.2006
Mar 17 @ 1:44 PM ET
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- kicksave856

Sorry for glucking all over the thread there.
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 17 @ 1:45 PM ET
Sorry for glucking all over the thread there.
- nfph

it's okay. i only read the first line of each post.
Mapes
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 05.16.2011
Mar 17 @ 1:46 PM ET
oh hey, mapes.

my grandmother named one of her dogs after radar o'reilly.

she named another one trapper.

she must have really liked that show.
- kicksave856

Are your dogs named Wawa and Eklund?
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 17 @ 1:47 PM ET
Are your dogs named Wawa and Eklund?
- Mapes

man i wish i had some dogs, mapes.

i love dogs. but my landlord doesn't allow pets and i probably can't afford to give that dog as good of a life as i'd want to anyway.

(you're kb, huh?)
Feeling Glucky?
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Tanktown, ON
Joined: 10.08.2008
Mar 17 @ 2:51 PM ET
Sorry for glucking all over the thread there.
- nfph

Just to throw some more glucking in here-



These guys are used during military operations, and can detect things moving on the ground through radar, as well as things in the air(above and below the aircraft)

Also, ships that are in open water have a very low radar floor, and can usually pick up other boats.
Mapes
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 05.16.2011
Mar 17 @ 2:59 PM ET
Guys I found the plane.
Feeling Glucky?
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Tanktown, ON
Joined: 10.08.2008
Mar 17 @ 3:12 PM ET
Guys I found the plane.
- Mapes

were you sitting on it?
Mapes
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 05.16.2011
Mar 17 @ 3:14 PM ET
were you sitting on it?
- Feeling Glucky?

Was in Paul MacLean's moustache.
Feeling Glucky?
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Tanktown, ON
Joined: 10.08.2008
Mar 17 @ 3:56 PM ET
Was in Paul MacLean's moustache.
- Mapes

Dammit, Paul.
Mapes
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 05.16.2011
Mar 17 @ 4:27 PM ET
Dammit, Paul.

- Feeling Glucky?
dt9999
Montreal Canadiens
Location: the vest, QC
Joined: 12.14.2007
Mar 17 @ 4:49 PM ET
why can the pilot just turn off the transponder?
Mapes
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 05.16.2011
Mar 17 @ 4:59 PM ET
why can the pilot just turn off the transponder?
- dt9999

Same as radio on your Hyundai.
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 17 @ 5:02 PM ET
why can the pilot just turn off the transponder?
- dt9999

someone said it is in case of fire. they have to be able to turn it off.
Mapes
Montreal Canadiens
Joined: 05.16.2011
Mar 17 @ 5:08 PM ET
why can the pilot just turn off the transponder?
- dt9999

http://keithledgerwood.tu...isappear-using-sia68-sq68
dt9999
Montreal Canadiens
Location: the vest, QC
Joined: 12.14.2007
Mar 17 @ 5:12 PM ET
someone said it is in case of fire. they have to be able to turn it off.
- kicksave856



???

wouldn't you want people to know where you re when your plane's on fire?


I just can't think of a situation where an airline would say yeah we don't really need to know where our (frank)ing $25 million dollar airplane with 300 people on board is just go dark for a bit



edit: holy poop: http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/prices/
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 17 @ 5:24 PM ET
???

wouldn't you want people to know where you re when your plane's on fire?


I just can't think of a situation where an airline would say yeah we don't really need to know where our (frank)ing $25 million dollar airplane with 300 people on board is just go dark for a bit



edit: holy poop: http://www.boeing.com/boeing/commercial/prices/
- dt9999

no no, it's for if the transponder is what's on or causing the fire.

apparently you have to be able to turn everything off on a plane in case it causes a fire.

they say fire is the thing pilots fear the most.

silly me, i fear dropping out of the (frank)ign sky.
dt9999
Montreal Canadiens
Location: the vest, QC
Joined: 12.14.2007
Mar 17 @ 5:26 PM ET
no no, it's for if the transponder is what's on or causing the fire.

apparently you have to be able to turn everything off on a plane in case it causes a fire.

they say fire is the thing pilots fear the most.

silly me, i fear dropping out of the (frank)ign sky.
- kicksave856



oh... I guess...


edit: you still meeting me in Calabasas?
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 17 @ 6:01 PM ET
oh... I guess...


edit: you still meeting me in Calabasas?
- dt9999

of course i'm still meeting you in calabasas. the word is fun to say. i just typed it and it was even really fun to type.
Feeling Glucky?
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: Tanktown, ON
Joined: 10.08.2008
Mar 18 @ 8:53 AM ET
no no, it's for if the transponder is what's on or causing the fire.

apparently you have to be able to turn everything off on a plane in case it causes a fire.

they say fire is the thing pilots fear the most.

silly me, i fear dropping out of the (frank)ign sky.
- kicksave856

very unlikely for a plane to drop out of the sky.

But if there's a fire that you can't stop, because you can't turn the thing causing it off... that's gonna make you drop out of the sky- while burning.
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005
Mar 18 @ 8:56 AM ET
good morning, glucker.
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