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This was almost certainly drawn out by hand, waypoints (lat/lon) and turns were plotted and then inputed into the flight management computer, and there is a goo
by blantonl 4y ago
This was almost certainly drawn out by hand, waypoints (lat/lon) and turns were plotted and then inputed into the flight management computer, and there is a good chance the plane just flew itself as told.
Although given it was flown at such a lower altitude below 15k feed near Moses Lake (which is where Boeing does a ton of testing at that airport) it's possible the pilots hand flew this by following a pre-plotted magenta line already plotted on a map for them.
- bryanbraun 4y agoYeah, just look at how balanced the design looks. Either they programmed that flight path or the pilot spent a lot of time on an etch-a-sketch growing up.
- px43 4y agoThey could also just spoof the ADS-B data right?
- schoen 4y agoI doubt their normal on-board systems have a feature to do that, or that the pilots would feel confident in doing so in terms of the FAA's possible reaction.
- phendrenad2 4y agoIf Boeing wants to draw a 747 logo in the sky for the last 747 ever made, the 747, the symbol of american design, and they don't want to actually drive the plane around in loops, I'm sure the FAA would sign off on some foolery. But kudos to them for doing it live.
- blantonl 4y agothat didn't happen. They flew this.
- jaywalk 4y agoFrom a technical perspective, probably. In reality, absolutely not.
- lxgr 4y agoGiven that the area is covered by radar (as well as MLAT SDR coverage), it would be tricky to pull off – and the FAA would probably not find it funny at all.
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- joncrane 4y agoThis is what I was curious about. Presumably ATC wasn't calling out vectors, they were doing it through their own navigation. So did ATC basically give them free movement within a certain box and certain altitude? It looks like they did the moves at about 10,000 feet.