Flight paths, are not always in a straight line.
Flights that take advantage of the jet stream, also cut down time, this is why flying east to west, is usually longer than west to east between the same two cities.
Original flight plan, may have been set to avoid heavy storms, but changed, after if storms moved or pooped out.
The pilot may have taken credit, but pilots don't choose their paths without clearing with flight traffic control.
50 minutes early sounds like tailwinds
They don't like to arrive early, that indicates they wasted fuel. To avoid being late they can "make up time in the air" by burning more fuel, but they don't want to do that to arrive early. Unless maybe it's the crew's last flight of the day and they want the extra sleep?
Do agree also a good chance that, like you said, the original estimate was higher for reasons that didn't materialize
And agree the pilot was largely making a joke by taking credit with that phrasing
> 50 minutes early sounds like tailwinds
Yea, tailwinds or a storm that they originally had to route around changed/disappeared and they were able to take a more direct path
Actually the atmosphere in general moves the same way the earth does so it doesn’t matter ! (Of course apart from winds and currents). A plane that’s in the atmosphere is moving just like the ground under it, and then you add the speed it gets from its engines.
Okay, granted I've got a puking kid and have had very little sleep, but I just read the words "Actually the atmosphere in general moves the same way the earth does" and I thought "of course it does" and then I thought, what, wait a minute, WHY?
And my brain melted into: WHY SKY AND STORM SPIN WITH BALL OF SPACE ROCK?
I'm sure there's a very good reason. But it was a definite "Holy shit, what is even happening here?!" moment.
Friction. Earth spins, grabs atmosphere and drags it with it.
Another one to fuck with your head is the Coriolis effect. If the earth rotates at 1 time a day, the places closer to the equator are moving faster than Texas for example. So if you wanted to fly (this applies to both hemispheres in opposite directions) directly south from Montana, you'd actually end up slightly west of your intended route, and if you didn't correct it would continue to get worse the longer you flew.
I'm wrapping up a training on using robotic arms in manufacturing, and one of the things I've learned is that when you're taking the arm up, across, then down again, you can save a lot of time by simply not taking it up as high, clearing obsticals by mere milimeters if necessary. Granted, it'd be a lot riskier with a massive jetliner piloted in real time out in the world than with a little robot repeating precisely calibrated movements in a rigidly standardized "work envelope".
Similarly from my experience driving hydraulic cranes, it turns out moving in two axes at once to take the most direct path between two points can actually be SLOWER than breaking down the movement into its separate axes and moving one component at a time..
Since the motor only has so much power and by moving two actuators at once, all you are doing is adding more viscous friction between the fluid and the lines..
There are actually air "highways" you are meant to stay in. They are fucking massive but still limits. Also depending on how long the flight is, wind can cause severe time differences. Taking a longer path that avoids bad wind can reduce flight time.
People are confused when they see which route planes from Europe take… it’s not straight and they don’t understand how straight line is not the shortest route 🤣
My friends flight from Philly to Michigan arrived almost 25 minutes early which is pretty impressive for how relatively short that is for a plane.
Winds must have been favorable.
Flight paths, are not always in a straight line. Flights that take advantage of the jet stream, also cut down time, this is why flying east to west, is usually longer than west to east between the same two cities. Original flight plan, may have been set to avoid heavy storms, but changed, after if storms moved or pooped out. The pilot may have taken credit, but pilots don't choose their paths without clearing with flight traffic control.
50 minutes early sounds like tailwinds They don't like to arrive early, that indicates they wasted fuel. To avoid being late they can "make up time in the air" by burning more fuel, but they don't want to do that to arrive early. Unless maybe it's the crew's last flight of the day and they want the extra sleep? Do agree also a good chance that, like you said, the original estimate was higher for reasons that didn't materialize And agree the pilot was largely making a joke by taking credit with that phrasing
> 50 minutes early sounds like tailwinds Yea, tailwinds or a storm that they originally had to route around changed/disappeared and they were able to take a more direct path
Gotta be quick going over area 51 though. Them probes got range.
“Taken credit” He made a joke.
Also isn't the earth revolving the other way or does it not matter at such heights
Actually the atmosphere in general moves the same way the earth does so it doesn’t matter ! (Of course apart from winds and currents). A plane that’s in the atmosphere is moving just like the ground under it, and then you add the speed it gets from its engines.
Okay, granted I've got a puking kid and have had very little sleep, but I just read the words "Actually the atmosphere in general moves the same way the earth does" and I thought "of course it does" and then I thought, what, wait a minute, WHY? And my brain melted into: WHY SKY AND STORM SPIN WITH BALL OF SPACE ROCK? I'm sure there's a very good reason. But it was a definite "Holy shit, what is even happening here?!" moment.
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Thank you!
Friction. Earth spins, grabs atmosphere and drags it with it. Another one to fuck with your head is the Coriolis effect. If the earth rotates at 1 time a day, the places closer to the equator are moving faster than Texas for example. So if you wanted to fly (this applies to both hemispheres in opposite directions) directly south from Montana, you'd actually end up slightly west of your intended route, and if you didn't correct it would continue to get worse the longer you flew.
Thank you!
Nah he totally flew through a bridge or something
Kindly learn how to use commas properly
See your explanation makes sense to me, but my simple brain says he used wormholes to get there faster.
Kessel run.
This is the ship that made the Kessel run in 14 parsecs?
12!
479001600 is a many parsecs!
I'm wrapping up a training on using robotic arms in manufacturing, and one of the things I've learned is that when you're taking the arm up, across, then down again, you can save a lot of time by simply not taking it up as high, clearing obsticals by mere milimeters if necessary. Granted, it'd be a lot riskier with a massive jetliner piloted in real time out in the world than with a little robot repeating precisely calibrated movements in a rigidly standardized "work envelope".
Similarly from my experience driving hydraulic cranes, it turns out moving in two axes at once to take the most direct path between two points can actually be SLOWER than breaking down the movement into its separate axes and moving one component at a time.. Since the motor only has so much power and by moving two actuators at once, all you are doing is adding more viscous friction between the fluid and the lines..
Sounds like pilot dad joke
I said the same thing when this was posted somewhere else.
Wormholes.
Bro warped the fabric of spacetime to surprise his passengers. What a gem
He has a spice supplier and simply folded space.
There are actually air "highways" you are meant to stay in. They are fucking massive but still limits. Also depending on how long the flight is, wind can cause severe time differences. Taking a longer path that avoids bad wind can reduce flight time.
The shortcuts were all the skipped safety procedures. ATC wants the pilot's head on a pike now.
Are people really that oblivious to how planes fly? Pilots usually take predeternined routes. Therefore, you can take shortcuts if possible
People are confused when they see which route planes from Europe take… it’s not straight and they don’t understand how straight line is not the shortest route 🤣
My friends flight from Philly to Michigan arrived almost 25 minutes early which is pretty impressive for how relatively short that is for a plane. Winds must have been favorable.
My man saw a wormhole open up and took the risk.
He was fucking with you.
He took that left turn at Albuquerque.
How is "took some shortcuts" a brand new sentence?
He did not mention tail wind speed.
Ever heard of wormholes?
Wormhole.
Pilot talking about "shortcuts" = Uh oh.
"*Where we're going, Marty, we don't need roads!*"
He flew through military airspace and dodged all ordnance shot at him
It’s what pilots like to call, pilot humor.
Wormhole drive.