[AT] OT for those interested in aviation

[David Bruce]

Now I know you saw the link the same place I did. <grin>

David
NW NC

charlie hill wrote:
> I agree Dean.   I just watched a flight come out of Memphis back to 
> Raleigh/Durham.  I don't personally know the folks on board but have met 
> the planes owner and one of the guys on the flight.  I won't go into the 
> reason for the flight.  It's a little too far off topic.  It was 
> facinating and spooky tracking the flight.  The site will update once a 
> minute if you refresh the screen.  It shows the heading, altitude, 
> ground speed, lat/lon of the flight.  If someone you knew was on board 
> and something  erratic happened it would scare you to death.
> 
> The plane I was watching was a Gulf Stream.  She had a nice tail wind.  
> Was making 484 kts at one point and came home from Memphis to RDU in 1 
> hour 35 min, take off to touch down.
>