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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Paths of Flight - Awesome Video!

This is such a cool and unbelievable video. A crew filmed airplanes taking off and landing over a course of 24 hours, then combined it into a clip less than 2 minutes. It shows the beautiful choreography in the sky that most of us are totally unaware of, whether we are on the planes themselves, or on the ground.



  • The number of airplanes filmed for this video. - 63
  • The number of airplanes in the sky every hour in the US. - 5K
  • The number of hours spent filming airplanes for this video. - 24
  • The number of airplanes operating in the US skies every day. - 50K
  • The number of flights the crew took to film airplanes. - 13
  • The number of people (in millions) that flew in airplanes in 2010. -  621
  • The percentage of US airspace covered by radar. - 90%
above information and video courtesy of www.ge.com/thegeshow/flight




Christmas joke-of-the-day

Q. What did the Gingerbread Man put on his bed?
A. A cookie sheet!
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14 comments:

  1. The Game Store GuyDecember 9, 2010 at 1:48 AM

    Very impressive. It's a shame how many people don't realize the difficulty and effort of coordinating the domestic flights.

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  2. ValerieDecember 9, 2010 at 3:39 AM

    You're right it is awesome. It made me realise how much we take for granted. Big groan for the joke...grins.

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  3. Brian MillerDecember 9, 2010 at 6:00 AM

    that was really cool! oh yeah i dont want to be the guy giving directions.

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  4. LyndaDecember 9, 2010 at 7:38 AM

    Pat - - That is beautiful and a lot quieter than real airplanes landing and taking off. Those figures on airplanes in the U.S. are astounding..... very cute joke - - love it.

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  5. UnknownDecember 9, 2010 at 8:48 AM

    That was totally amazing!

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  6. Bossy BettyDecember 9, 2010 at 10:30 AM

    Incredible! The music fit it perfectly too. Those facts are amazing.

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  7. KaLynn ("MiMi")December 9, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    That was cool!!! Who knew all that stuff! Thanks for enlightening me!

    Loved the joke!!

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  8. SnowflakeDecember 9, 2010 at 11:36 AM

    Amazing!!!

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  9. Betty ManousosDecember 9, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    Wow, amazing!
    I totally loved that music too ! :)

    B xx

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  10. AnonymousDecember 9, 2010 at 3:09 PM

    Pat my friend an award awaits you at Pen to Page:)

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  11. Mike LitorisDecember 9, 2010 at 4:22 PM

    great background!

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  12. SquirrelQueenDecember 9, 2010 at 10:19 PM

    That is an awesome video. My hubby is a private pilot, I am going to have to show this to him.

    Funny joke, it did cause a giggle.

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  13. Donna B.December 9, 2010 at 11:11 PM

    Can you imagine if those flights took off and landed as close as they were in the clip??? Oh Lordy, I would really NEVER fly again...

    When I saw the movie PUSHING TIN with Billy Bob Thornton, John Cusack and Angelina Jolle, I was shocked when I saw the air traffic controller's screen!!!

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  14. WanderlustDecember 10, 2010 at 11:16 AM

    Wow, that was fun to watch. I had to look up Kelowna to see where it was (BC). My kids will now dream of sleeping under cookie sheets!

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