Nice. But actually all amateur launches require a FAA altitude waiver. We had an active duty Marine in our group, and he would publish our launch dates and coordinates to the F18 squadrons at Miramar. They would fly over, do touch and goes at El Centro and fly back over our flight line again. I was told, you would know better, that they had "lift off plume detection" and our rockets were mimics for SAMs. These squadrons were slates for no fly zone duty circa late 90s.
But I digress...
This analysis is pretty interesting, some teams draw over 33,000 miles of travel. So that is one extra cross-country round trip per season, or an extra 10 hours of flying time. I've done 30k of flights in six months, even in biz class, not too much fun.
Wow, the El Centro and actual F-18 Eyes, is interesting, I did not know as much. I know you had to have an FAA Waiver, yet I was somewhat joking tongue in cheek. Yet, the F18 recon/eyes, is awesome a thing to know. As much as plume detection, was just goofing off, in my earlier post. I think tho' Tom, most posters don't know a thing about Rocket Launching, (no offense spectators).....
Crap, you doing some serious flying time...at my best years, my travel time was around only 20,000 miles at best. PLMD-KSC, KSC-PLMD....or PLMD to Morton Thiokol in Utah, Huntsville, AL, test firing range, then KSC....
Flash Forward, PLMD-Seattle, Seattle to White Sands, White Sands to Dallas, Dallas to PLMD-PLMD to PPG in Perry, GA. or Atlanta, back to PLMD to Whiteman a dozen times a year, just to Whiteman alone...still I never put in more than 20,000 air miles per year.
In 99 and 2000: my best flights to date, Lake Charles, LA. to Melbourne FLA, and or Bethpage, NY. In a Cessna Citation X...nothing like flying supersonic, and drinking champainyah...while breaking the sound barrier......Kaboom...those Citations are IMO the nicest Exec. Jets flying right now....gotta love 'em. For shits and grins by Bros. In Law, works for Cessna on the Citation Program. He flew around the world several times, to Panama, China, Singapore, England, France, most of Europe, and back to Singapore (4 times)...garnering 60,000+ air miles in but one year alone. Me, I would not want his job, to much air time, not enough Home Time.
But then that's what the young Turks do..!! If they are not launching rockets.
Totus-wasn't it you who put the 3rd eye on the Moon. NASA wants to know, they still can't figure this one out...!!!
