Off Topic - aviation curiosity

What time do you start drinking?

What is under it?

COLIN LAMB wrote:
What time do you start drinking?

What is under it?



Tonight and several times in the past it looked like it was probably
orbiting a couple miles west of the Reliant Center which is where the
Texans play, but the Texans are playing in Dallas this week. I know for
sure that on at least one occaision the center of the orbit was well
west of the stadium and when I saw it at about 8pm it was easily 2-5
miles North of the stadium. Other times it's been North and Northwest
of the stadium by 10-15 miles.

I had a book here which documented a government study of underground
antennas. They constructed antennas underground, then used an aircraft to
take field strength measurements. The aircraft was the easiest way to do
that. However, the tests were in somewhere like South Dakota - which would
make much more sense than somewhere in the city. They probably flew patters
similar to what you describe, although I think they used a B-17 in this
study.

The conclusion of the study was that underground antennas work - but not
very well.

It very well could be some government funded research program. The problem
may be that the 182 does not burn up the money quick enough, so the study
has been going a few years.

I also recall a fellow taking regular air samples over a manufacturing
plant. He stopped when the turbine shut down because of the impurities in
the air over the smokestack.

You can get his N number and call him up and ask him (or her). But, then if
two people in suits knock on your door knock on your door, I would go out
the back.

Colin