03-12-2014, 08:53 PM
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...beats walking...
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That Tomnod link is down...probably overloaded/swamped by people.
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03-13-2014, 02:40 AM
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Ya, I found saw the same two ships you saw in square 21431. Quite a few ships and oil rigs, in fact.
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03-13-2014, 02:51 PM
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See the scale of the digital map search. In a 160,000 sq mile grid box, find the plane in a square mile box.
The scale of the search for Flight MH370 - The Washington Post |
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03-14-2014, 06:45 PM
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So we're 2014 and we're still losing a/c as we did way back i the pioneering days of aviation 
We can track our stuff using cell/sat phones, but not a/c 
I wouldn't be looking at the ocean, but search for abandoned airstrips beyond ATC that can take a 777
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03-14-2014, 07:23 PM
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The 777 needs 3700 feet to land. The altitude variations remind me of pulse and glide, maybe to conserve fuel, which could extend the range considerably. Whoever took control of the plane knew what they were doing, whether coerced or planned. I'd be leaning towards a landing in Pakistan or maybe even further northwest.
My post on 3-12 basically said this, except for a specific landing location. Notcie the "altitude variations". I wonder if they were climbing then gliding with low power to stretch out the range.
Maybe the pilots or copilots "retirement plan".
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03-14-2014, 09:43 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
The 777 needs 3700 feet to land. The altitude variations remind me of pulse and glide, maybe to conserve fuel, which could extend the range considerably. Whoever took control of the plane knew what they were doing, whether coerced or planned. I'd be leaning towards a landing in Pakistan or maybe even further northwest.
My post on 3-12 basically said this, except for a specific landing location. Notcie the "altitude variations". I wonder if they were climbing then gliding with low power to stretch out the range.
Maybe the pilots or copilots "retirement plan".
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Pulse & Glide
Maybe the pilots or copilots are ecomodder members. LOL...
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03-15-2014, 10:44 AM
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Still looking?...for an intact plane!
They'll have new maps...on a much larger region of the Indian Ocean and Southwest Asia!
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03-15-2014, 10:47 AM
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03-16-2014, 02:17 PM
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Strange way to extort money... by keeping silent. Also not an effective way to strike terror into people's hearts, whether it was deliberate or not.
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03-16-2014, 02:34 PM
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Pulse & Glide
Maybe the pilots or copilots are ecomodder members. LOL...
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Actually the captain's facebook page reportedly features how to vids and tips, among them how to mod a home airconditioner to save energy and money.
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