To: Mariner
was at flying about 40,000 feet
He said because it posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight
no civilian aircraft fly at 40,000 feet
To: canuck_conservative
13 posted on
02/10/2023 3:13:33 PM PST by
arthurus
(covfefe'l')
To: canuck_conservative
no civilian aircraft fly at 40,000 feet It's not uncommon. 40,000 is known as Flight Level 400 in pilot jargon.
23 posted on
02/10/2023 3:23:43 PM PST by
Seaplaner
(Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston Churchill)
To: canuck_conservative
Boeing 767 can fly to 43000 ft. Usually flies around 35000 but 40000 is completely doable.
24 posted on
02/10/2023 3:26:11 PM PST by
calljack
(Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
To: canuck_conservative
Maybe not Commerical airliners but civil Bus Jets Do...
Gulfstream G550
Service Ceiling: 51000 ft
Max T/O Weight: 91000 Lb
Max Landing Weight: 75300 Lb
Fuel Capacity: 41300 lbs Lb
26 posted on
02/10/2023 3:33:33 PM PST by
Robe
(A nation can survive its fools and even n the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: canuck_conservative
Lol. Check out flightaware.com.
I fly at 40,000 - 41,000 just about every flight. Sometimes 430, or 450
28 posted on
02/10/2023 3:35:40 PM PST by
PhiloBedo
(You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
To: canuck_conservative
Of course they do. Routinely.
31 posted on
02/10/2023 3:45:20 PM PST by
Tucker39
("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
To: canuck_conservative
Yes, civilian aircraft can generally do 40,000 feet. Service ceilings are usually a bit higher than that (e.g., 43,000 feet), but it obviously depends on the equipment type.
33 posted on
02/10/2023 3:45:57 PM PST by
dinodino
( )
To: canuck_conservative
no civilian aircraft fly at 40,000 feetWhen I was an air traffic controller, I issued ATC clearances, for FL 400 and above.
38 posted on
02/10/2023 3:52:23 PM PST by
Mark17
(Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
To: canuck_conservative
Unfortunately you are wrong. Airliners fly up to 42k and a number of business jets get up to 45k.
41 posted on
02/10/2023 3:56:30 PM PST by
6ppc
(Democrats would have to climb Everest to reach the level of "scum of the earth")
To: canuck_conservative
Do yourself a favor and stop posting. I am tired of people thinking this is what Canadians are like.
59 posted on
02/10/2023 4:42:37 PM PST by
Bulwyf
To: canuck_conservative
I flew on a KC-135 refueling mission in 1982 and we were at 41000 ft over Idaho. Refueled a group of A-10 Warthogs and I got to lay next to the boom operator and peer out the little window.
64 posted on
02/10/2023 5:04:15 PM PST by
willk
(Local news media. Just as dangerous as national media.i later)
To: canuck_conservative
These are the commercial and private jets flying over North America at 40,000 feet or higher as of about 7 minutes ago.
To: canuck_conservative
“no civilian aircraft fly at 40,000 feet.”
The ceiling for civilian aircraft is 42,000 feet. However, they usually do not go above 37,000 feet, though some have.
79 posted on
02/10/2023 6:21:55 PM PST by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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