Passenger jets in formation

[airtime143]

Airbus is working on experiments to fly passenger jets in formation to save fuel.

They cite a 2001 study of pelicans (apparently the most efficient species of bird at flying in formation)...
Trailing pelicans glide more often and have an average 14% lower heart rate than the lead bird.

They are estimating 1 to 1 and a half nautical miles apart between planes would be far enough to be safe yet close enough to ride the vortex.

Very cool.

Why passenger jets could soon be flying in formation

European airplane manufacturer Airbus is conducting tests to see if flying aircraft close together could make use of "wingtip vortex" effect to make them more economical.

www.cnn.com

 

[Scoot26]

Are they all going to the same place?

 

[Ares]

Are they all going to the same place?

Yep, fucking Charlotte.

 

[MDB111™]

TIL pelicans run off jet fuel...

 

[Ares]

TIL pelicans run off jet fuel...

Fuq did you think they ran off?

 

[MDB111™]

Fuq did you think they ran off?

Kerosene?

 

[Ares]

Kerosene?

Well aren't you a f**ing idiot eh?

 

[MDB111™]

Well aren't you a f**ing idiot eh?

Die slow in a locked sauna
I hope your children disown you
Ditch weed and deck beers later?

 

[dweebs19]

Yep, fucking Charlotte.

my least favorite airport. I hate having connections here

 

[Burque]

my least favorite airport. I hate having connections here

Really? I would place Oh Harry squarely at the top of CHIT tier airports.

 

[Scoot26]

Really? I would place Oh Harry squarely at the top of CHIT tier airports.

Well, it's getting a make over now.

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Worst part about airports is when you go to take a piss and there is a mountain full of pubes in the urinal.

 

[Ares]

Worst part about airports is when you go to take a piss and there is a mountain full of pubes in the urinal.

H8 to brake it to ya, but that only happens in Iowa airports....

 

[Dragon Slayer]

H8 to brake it to ya, but that only happens in Iowa airports....

The DSM airport is clean AF. I'm talking major hubs like Dallas and Atlanta. Those places are gross lol

 

[Scoot26]

The DSM airport is clean AF. I'm talking major hubs like Dallas and Atlanta. Those places are gross lol

I've never been to either.

The Portland airport is probably the best US airport I've ever been to.

 

[Ares]

I will echo O'hare as one of, if not the worst airport.

I hate the ride there....

I hate how they layout their security lines....

I hate how it feels like you're walking thru some kind of funhouse/mirror maze.....

I hate how fucking mediocre all the restaurants/bars are (I spent like 5 hours there during a storm)....

I hate how long it takes from the time you land to the time you hit the gate... who else has looked at the flight tracker and thought "We'll land in 10 minutes, I can wait to use the restroom" and then you land and spend 20 minutes to get to the gate.

I hate the same meandering walk out of the airport that I took on the way in.

I hate their half-assed Uber/Lyft pickup zone (at least last time I was there)

Midway isn't wildly better, but at least you can get in and out of that airport inside of 15 minutes.

 

[KittiesKorner]

Midway isn't wildly better, but at least you can get in and out of that airport inside of 15 minutes.

Guess you haven't been there when the security line extends all the way to the parking garage

 

[Scoot26]

I will echo O'hare as one of, if not the worst airport.

I hate the ride there.... - This all depends on where you live. For me getting to O'Hare is easy.

I hate how they layout their security lines.... -Yes, unless you have pre-check on a non-Monday morning.

I hate how it feels like you're walking thru some kind of funhouse/mirror maze.....-I think only the tunnel to C Gate in United is really the funhouse/mirror maze part.

I hate how fucking mediocre all the restaurants/bars are (I spent like 5 hours there during a storm)....-Yes, though its better than it used to be. But other airports are vastly better.

I hate how long it takes from the time you land to the time you hit the gate... who else has looked at the flight tracker and thought "We'll land in 10 minutes, I can wait to use the restroom" and then you land and spend 20 minutes to get to the gate. -This is absolutely the worst part. Their new runway alignment causes this unless you happen to get lucky. Thankfully when I returned from Munich we got to land on the closest runway and were at the gate in 5 minutes.

I hate the same meandering walk out of the airport that I took on the way in. -Depends on terminal.

I hate their half-assed Uber/Lyft pickup zone (at least last time I was there) -Lack of experience with this.

Midway isn't wildly better, but at least you can get in and out of that airport inside of 15 minutes. -Unless security is screwed up, then it's backed up into the parking garage. And unless you take a shuttle bus to the parking lot you parked in and it takes an hour to show up at the terminal.

 

[KittiesKorner]

you know who likes O'Hare? Jan Terri does!

 

[Scoot26]

you know who likes O'Hare? Jan Terri does!

Ah the 90s, when you could freely walk around an airport.