how far can a pilot see at 35000ft

[hiltonig]

ok sitting on a flight looking out of the window at 35000ft ....Question how far is the horizon in miles ??????

[IforB]

230 miles at 35,000 feet.

[sstein]

hiltonig said:

ok sitting on a flight looking out of the window at 35000ft ....Question how far is the horizon in miles ??????

Height 35000 ft * 1.5 = 52500

Square root of 52500 = 229.13 miles.

That is using the calculation from here:

http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-the-Distance-to-t...

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Stuart

Edited by sstein on Sunday 15th March 19:36

[groucho]

All depends on whether he's visited Specsavers.

Edited by groucho on Sunday 15th March 19:44

[topless_mx5]

Same as all the passengers?

[Puggit]

topless_mx5 said:

Same as all the passengers?

Not those in seats E/F...

[C2HYM]

Line of sight would be 230 ish nautical miles.

[JW911]

groucho said:

All depends on whether he's visited Specsavers.

Specsavers have their own aeroplane so their pilots should see further than most.

[sotonboy1977]

as far as the windscreen if its dark !!!.

[sotonboy1977]

and if he looks straight down then id say around 4200000 inches !!!

[Semi hemi]

If its day time and he can see the sun, 91,000,000ish miles

and if its night, and he can make out the Andromeda Galaxy 17,048,013,582,232.462(very)ish miles....

....and if he is on his tiptoes, probably a wee bit farther