At 8000 ft a 4 meter plane's image could fit in the area of a 1/64 diameter circle (at arms length). I am not sure a hawk could see that. But hey, that's just geometry and optics!!!
best to you and our poor eyesight!
regards,
Jim
On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:30:46 -0700 "Bill Swingle" wrote:
Daryl says 8500'. Several guys have said 4500-5000'. OK, fine. Might as well be 100K to me.Well guys we're getting older and I'm seeing the decline in eye sight myself. How about you folks? Personally, I can't stand flying when I'm uncomfortable. Too stressful. Bill Swingle Janesville, CA > Like I say... to be successful at cross country - "If > you are EVER comfortable seeing the plane, you're NOT > high enough..." RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to https://webmail2.psu.edu/webmail/main.cgi#. Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Jim Ealy
Education by Demonstration
