Posted on 11/27/2014 11:00:21 AM PST by PROCON
Density altitude is the biggest factor in aircraft take off on a given runway length, temperature, and altitude. I know this from firsthand experience as I used to be a private pilot – until my hearing got so bad that I decided I was a danger to myself and others. This study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society claims the number of days with a density altitude issue at some airports will increase per RCP model scenarios in 2050-2070. Of course they are assuming that the RCP models produce an accurate output, and that airplanes of the 2050-2070 era have the same airfoil efficiency and takeoff power of today.
Climate change and the impact of extreme temperatures on aviation
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>>The polar bears aren’t dead because Obama saved them, doncha know???<<
Yes, I saw that in a movie I think...
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The stoopid...
... it burns...
Global warming. Is there anything it CAN’T do???
This so called “expert” is a real maroon!
Density altitude doesn’t mean the same thing to a private pilot as it does to someone watching the Flight Director take an aluminum overcast aloft.
“Some Ting Up” - ‘specially with lots of turbofan engines with air intakes large enough to drive a rice burner into.
I am afraid my pants might not fit if global warming causes me to expand! The horror of it!!!
We won’t need to worry about planes being unable to take off from certain airports in 2050 to 2070 because they were all permanently ground in 2045 to stop global warming.
Of course, the warmists ignored the evidence of the winter of 2044 - 2045 where the daytime high in Chicago never went above -14F and the nighttime lows reached -55F for three straight weeks. They also ignored the fact the Great Lakes had 12 month ice coverage for the first time since the last Ice Age in 10,000 BC.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2738653/Stunning-satellite-images-summer-ice-cap-thicker-covers-1-7million-square-kilometres-MORE-2-years-ago-despite-Al-Gore-s-prediction-ICE-FREE-now.html
Well, if the planes cannot fly, we’ll just have to walk. Michelle should like that.
none of their climate models are accurate at all. they go back on past data and try to see if they predict what weather we had the last 10-20 years and they can’t match what actually happened. most models skip the sun and/or the ocean currents.
More proof yet again that there is not limit to liberal stupidity. They are utterly incapable of even the concept of experiencing embarrassment.
Depending upon weight they may not be able to take off, and depending on weight, may not be able to maintain flight.
Global Warming is a fraud so this article is chicken-little nonsense.
"hey buddy, do you have a can opener? The pop top on this tin isn't working"
Solution: Bigger engines. Max EPR!
“Higher altitude airports”
My turf; ASEL. Denver, Leadville, Aspen, Grand, Eagle, etc. It is sad the Luddites claim warming will result up to 2.5° warming, but it really would take much, much more than that to ground airplanes.
That’s retarded. An airport near me is very close to 10,000 feet in elevation.
http://travel.fyicenter.com/Airport/Top_30_Highest_Airports_in_the_World.php
“Qamdo Bangda Airport in China with an elevation of 4,334 metres (14,219 feet).”
Anthony Watts is a man not a woman and one the leading debunkers of Glowbull Warming/Climate Change there is.
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