Concord

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Sam (SamIntel) Captain

I heard that when flying the Concord at cruising altitude you could see the curvature of the earth, is this true? How high dose the concord fly? If you could see the curvature of the earth, could you see it on FS? Thanks.

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Alex (Fire_Emblem_Master) Chief Captain

I always thought you could see it with the SR-22 Blackbird, if that's the one. It's the one that flies at like 80,000 feet or something.

Concorde cruises at like 50,000 or so, i don't think you can see it at that altitude, but as far as I know, you can't see it on FS

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Greg (FL050) First Officer

Yes, the Blackbird cruises at minimal 80,000 and can go up to over 100.

I don't think you would be able to see it at 50,000 though.

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Skymuncher Trainee

Hi,

I am not sure where I got it from, but I think that the curve of the earth can be seen at 48,000 feet Umm...

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Sam (SamIntel) Captain

Thanks for the info. I am getting on FS right now to see if I can see the curvature of the earth. 😂

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Manuel Agustin Clausse (Agus0404) Chief Captain

Let us know if you saw it! 😉

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Sam (SamIntel) Captain

I went up to FL990, nope, you can't see the curve. 😞 To bad you can only go up to 99,000 ft, because some planes fly over FL100.

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Manuel Agustin Clausse (Agus0404) Chief Captain

I've never been that high. Maximum was (I think) FL400. I haven't flown higher than that.

Well, too bad we can't see the curvature Crying or Very sad

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flurinalmeida Trainee

Even at top altitude I also could not see that curvature.

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Alec Stelloh (Thunderbirdman2) First Officer

Me ether but i think in FSX you can go higher

Jamie4590 Guest

When I'm at FL600 in Concorde I can see the Earths curvature on the horizon.

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Alec Stelloh (Thunderbirdman2) First Officer

FL600 = 60,000 right????

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Jonathan (99jolegg) Chief Captain

Thunderbirdman2 wrote:

FL600 = 60,000 right????

Near enough, yes Yes

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hinch Chief Captain

the fs world isn't spherical so you may have a problem seing a curve - it's very elongated Wink

yes you could just see the curvature of the earth from concorde - pilots say so on tv anyway.

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Alec Stelloh (Thunderbirdman2) First Officer

I went up to 100,000 wich is as high as you can go and i can see it slightly

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