Propellors vs Rotors

In article . net,
Richard Lamb wrote:

Andy Asberry wrote:
On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 22:26:39 -0800, Smitty Two
wrote:


In article .net,
Richard Lamb wrote:


Smitty Two wrote:

How do you know the plane is nose up if you don't know from where the
picture was taken?

By looking at it!

If that's a real photo, this aircraft has got some deck angle...

Fer christ's sake, not necessarily so, if the camera was at a lower
altitude than the subject plane. I, personally, do not know where the
camera was in relation to the subject, so I, personally, have *no idea*
what the plane's attitude was. And if you don't know where the camera
was, neither do you.



Well, if I remember training correctly, a plane that appears below the
horizon is at a lower altitude. This one is definitely below the
horizon. The angle of attack relative to the camera is about zero. I
believe the plane sliced the top of the cloud and is climbing toward
the camera plane. Climbing=increased deck angle?

Thought I saw some of the bottom of that wing!

Yeah, seeing the bottom of the wing is a dead giveaway that an airplane
is climbing, regardless of the observer's attitude with respect to the
earth or the other plane. I guess I missed that day in ground school
when they told us that all planes above us (bottom of the wing visible)
were climbing and all those below us (top of the wing visible) were
descending.

And I thought I was in a roomful of pilots. Who needs an AI and all that
other junk anyway, when you can just look out the window at the clouds
and tell what's going on? Sheesh.