Plane Answers: Airliners passing closely (with video) and how are tailwinds figured inflight?

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4-22-2009 @ 11:08AM

nzm said...

Yes - During 9/11, I was in LA staying about half a mile away from the ocean end of the 2 LAX runways. It was interesting to see the "marine layer" totally disappear when the planes stopped flying for 3 days.

I've seen blue skies get covered over by the contrail cirrus - especially in Berlin where we lived for some time. There's no doubt in my mind that contrails do cause changes in climate - particularly temperature - but not as a conspiracy!

Thanks for the comment re our blog!

I really enjoy your posts on Gadling too.

4-23-2009 @ 7:53PM

James said...

I live on the shore line just North of Los Angeles. The Westerly winds keep LAX pretty clear. The marine layer burns off at different times come Fall. During September it's hit or miss, some days there is no layers and clear skys, other days it doesn't burn off and it's IMC or MVFR all day long. You should see the "Marine Layer" in City of Industry and more inland, makes LAX look like Alaska.

Thanks Kent for the postings.....ya gotta do one on when a 172 gets into wake turbulance!!!Good times!

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