sounds like BS. the pole doesnt shift that fast. couple degrees a year tops i believe. sounds like they put it off for a decade.
What happens when the poles flip? Just wondering.
“The airport will repaint the markings on the runways to account for the shift of Magnetic North.”
A 6 degree shift over the course of a runway will, I think, require more than repainting.
Why don’t they just give the pilots a new bearing to align on?
What a relief. They’re only repainting the runway. I thought they might have to move it.
must be global warming
Why would it affect only the Tampa Airport? Did Tampa move six degrees to the northeast?
I am sure the dhift is due to government debt.
Okay, I call b.s. on this one.
Pilots know how to adjust thier compasses to compensate for magnetic vs. geographic north. Every airport has a compass rose for pilots to align their airplanes. And the only thing they really care about when landing is wind direction.
This must be the cause of the mass bird deaths. The birds don't have updated navigation charts, so they're all flying into objects.
A shift in the Burmuda Triangle.
Are not the compasses in commercial aircraft gyro-compasses? And do they not navigate via gps today? These point to geographic north.
I remember reading one time that the Earth’s magenetic poles shift every 740,000 years I believe. At any rate, 12/21/2012 is when it’s complete. So if this really the case( I don’t believe this is the case), then that might explain a lot of what’s going on. Who really knows???
Afterall, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-Dimwitocrat) was worried about Guam tipping over with too many US troops there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg&feature=player_embedded#!
So are the liberals in Congress.
Ba-dum-dum CRASH!!
Thank you, everyone. I'll be here all week.
Bullsqueeze! every aircraft chart in the world shows runway magnetic offsets. Airlines fly ILS or GPS.
Bullsqueeze!