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Re:Google Loon balloon crashes near Yakima by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @11:20AM (#7840705)
> They actually have a few well defined corridors and altitudes in which they can operate - the straight lines drawn from one VOR (effectively equivalent to a major airport) to another at 1,000 foot intervals.

Until NextGen (ADS, etc) finishes its rollout and everyone flies direct instead of on Victor airways and VOR to VOR.

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Re:Google Loon balloon crashes near Yakima by falcolas on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @11:51AM (#7840913)
True, but even then there will still result in "air highways" from airport to airport.
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Re:Google Loon balloon crashes near Yakima by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 03, 2014 @12:20PM (#7841108)
I would agree with this. Still, the number of "air highways" would increase drastically.
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