IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up.

Re:IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up. by adsr on Saturday February 26, 2011 @08:22AM (#2265469)

Wow, lucky guy! Did the plane follow it for a bit? I'm thinking about the remark on the speaker system at 1:28.

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Re:IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up. by marklittlewood on Saturday February 26, 2011 @08:25AM (#2265476)

I think it travelled about 59 miles in 2 minutes so they would have had a job!

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Re:IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up. by adsr on Saturday February 26, 2011 @08:30AM (#2265480)

Hm, yeah I was referring to horizontally getting closer to the action of the launch.

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Re:IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up. by marklittlewood on Saturday February 26, 2011 @08:49AM (#2265515)

I think they have a 40 mile no fly zone around the launch site.

Good picture of a launch being guarded by an F-15... http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123205663

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Re:IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up. by adsr on Saturday February 26, 2011 @09:32AM (#2265588)

That definitely makes sense, but on the other hand it doesn't answer the question if they took a detour. Nice picture by the way, thanks.

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Re:IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up. by marklittlewood on Saturday February 26, 2011 @09:48AM (#2265619)

There is something about those pictures that is making me want to make an airfix model - just for the benefit of my son of course...

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Re:IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up. by biggitybones on Saturday February 26, 2011 @09:51AM (#2265626)

Depends where the flight left from - a friend flight was kept on the ground for an extra few min to catch the launch. Or at least that was his assumption.

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Re:IPhone 4 films final Discovery launch from 30,000 feet up. by chopsueyar on Saturday February 26, 2011 @10:35AM (#2265711)

"Drinks are on the house!"

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