You’re correct. He seems to think we don’t understand, but he just doesn’t understand the meaning of the arc. The statement you highlighted clearly indicates that.
In fact, I’ve seen the 7:11 arcs and they would indicate that the plane would have been flying away from Pakistan in the hour between 7:11 and 8:11 if it were in that area at all. In other words, the 7:11 ping arc is closer to Pakistan than the 8:11 ping arc.
Personally I think he circled around intending to return to Malaysia with ill intent, but ended up in the ocean somewhere south of Malaysia though I’m skeptical of the debris reports. After all, if it’s down in the ocean, it’s been over two weeks now. But the fact that they’re searching down there makes me suspect that they have additional information indicating that he went south rather than north.
>> “You’re correct. He seems to think we don’t understand, but he just doesn’t” <<
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LOL!
Do you understand what it would take for a vhf signal to offer range information?
I’m quite sure that you do not, but here it is:
It would have to be generating a coded signal in addition to the data transmission, and in addition to that, a precise time signal would also have to be received and identified by at least 3, and preferably four receivers of precisely known position.
Code phase measurement is something I use constantly, and it is easy to see when someone hasn’t the slightest clue of what is involved. The vhf transmitter on the plane sends a very limited data signal that definitely does not contain a constant code rhythm.
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Yep — the link at #124 shows clearly that at 7:11 it would be flying right past Pakistan on its way to Kazakistan.
If you notice the 1:11 arc corresponds to where the plane was shortly after takeoff, and then the 2:11 at the time it was painted by Malaysian radar heading for the Andamans. Those two points told the Malaysians that their data was right on the mark and forced their hand.
It turned direction between 2:11 and 3:11 and was closest to the satellite at 4:11. From 1:11 to 4:11 the plane kept getting closer to the satellite then at 4:11 it began moving away. I think that’s how they knew it was heading south.
Finding where it was on the arc was done by estimating its cruising engine speed at 525 mph.