High res photo of N.Y. & damage

Discussion in 'World Events' started by zeusrdx, Oct 21, 2001.

  1. zeusrdx Registered Member

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  3. wet1 Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    Thank you for sharing the picture with us, zeusrdx. Welcome to Sciforums while I am at it.
     
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  5. zeusrdx Registered Member

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    N.Y. Photo

    Someone sent the photo to me.

    I flew over N.Y. when I was a kid. At that time you needed no radio equipment of any type----you most certainly do now----and the only requirement was that you stayed 1,000 feet above any person. Since there were people in the top story of the Empire State building----the tallest building then----and it was 1,500 feet high then that meant an altitude of at least 2,500 feet;

    I flew at 3,000 feet just to be on the safe side but I always like to have a place under me in case I have to land. The planes I flew weren't that good. All those buildings below looked like big spikes sticking up and if I had engine trouble then I imagined getting impaled on one of them and I was glad when I left N.Y. and had a lot of flat land under me again.

    zeus
     
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  7. Neg. Electron Senior Member Registered Senior Member

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    Hmm

    Exelent point. I never concidered that at all. In a typical plane how many feet do you drop per 100 feet horizontal movement? I was just wondering with you saying about the minimum flight zone and how far away you can get.
     
  8. Red Devil Born Again Athiest Registered Senior Member

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    World Trade Centre

    I dont know if this will work but this is a NASA image taken from a satellite over NY. I got it from NASA itself about 3 weeks ago. The original image which started this sectoin was amazing, must have been from a chopper/plane.
     
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  9. zeusrdx Registered Member

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    Thanks-----I've been using it.

    You may see in in some of the Yahoo Science Groups.
     

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