George B
Extinct but not forgotten Staff Member
LOL! You are actually suggesting that you think the way you do because you are some sort of pioneer of science?!
I in no way consider myself as a pioneer. . . Just a concerned citizen. . .
LOL! You are actually suggesting that you think the way you do because you are some sort of pioneer of science?!
That is a good and valid question. . . .and in science, as this Forum likes to use as a standard. . . Why investigate if I don't have something I can readily observe or use some type of objective measure to evaluate. . . An instrument, a measuring device, etc. . . .
My answer to your question would be. . . the concept of chemtrails might have begun as a misconception or error of observation. . . Coincidental with the proliferation of long haul high altitude aircraft with larger more efficient engines and helped with greater vortices caused by new and improved airframes and control surfaces . . . and of course The availability of the world wide web and alternate news blogs etc. . . Fueled by an increasing new found core of individuals that realized believing in the established authorities was not founded on sound logic. . .
This new group started . . . Motivated by their possible error of observation and conclusion . . . Turning over rock after rock to prove their pet theory and found much to be alarmed about . . .including much science, technology, history, capability, patents, opportunity, and motivation to accomplish such programs they were fearing could have been ongoing. . . Then the whistleblowers started to appear. . . Real or hoax this fueled the conspiracy. . . Not to mention YouTube . .
I have tried to evaluate all the data, evidence and misconceptions and continue to come to the same conclusion. . . My inquiring mind cannot reject the concept of an intentional aerosol injection program. . . .
The people who came up with the accurate correct understanding used accurate data, accurate reasoning and verifiable evidence to supplant the earlier ideas based on flawed thinking .
That is very different to your approach.
Conspiracy theorists often adopt the quote attributed to Schopehauer claiming "All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self- evident"
They erroneously think because they are ridiculed then automatically they must be right.
But they fail to grasp that Absurdity also goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Second it is proven to be nonsense. Third it is championed by fools on the internet.
"They laughed at Einstein. They also laughed at Groucho Marx."
or per Carl Sagan "They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
Of course Newton, Einstein and many others who revolutionised knowledge were not laughed at at all.
Interesting search for the real origin of the three stages quote: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~shallit/Papers/stages.pdf
I in no way consider myself as a pioneer. . . Just a concerned citizen. . .
WHAT "data and evidence"?!?
So far, I have seen nothing of the sort.
All I see is your misinterpretation of research papers which you manipulate to fit your particular beliefs.
You hit the nail on the head earlier in this thread..you HAVE fooled yourself.
Well, from reading the post I replied to...it sure seems like you are suggesting it. Are you unable to see that?!
"But took years of other tinkers (thinkers?) risking their lives and reputation to supplant. . . I am sure the new theory was ridiculed and the individuals propsing their new theory were castigated and rejected. . . ."
Sound like you are aligning yourself with this group...are you not?
Data and evidence from official mainstream research. . . .
Don't think so . . . I might have read and supported Galileo's intellect but would have never wanted to participate in the ramifications of his Persecution by the Catholic Church. . . .
Hmm, if I understand you correctly, there is no specific phenomenon that your collection of hints and assumptions tries to explain.
You were made aware of the chemtrail theory, which people are using to "understand" seemingly strange atmospheric manifestations.
You however knew or you realized that this theory is not needed to explain contrails, yet you felt attracted to the conspiracy idea.
Now you have collected a lot of "material" - but you don't have anything to explain.
I daresay that you can apply this "strategy" to any and all issues ... but there is no gain, except a way to pass the time.
Isn't this a bit sad?
Wow, that has nothing to do with my comment.
Could you PLEASE share it with us?
Sorry you don't understand. . . It was perfectly clear to me. . .
Contrail mitigation schemes, atmospheric sounding data and research, blog discussions of Edward Teller and other scientists, NASA, NOAA and DoE research on persistent contrail and cirrus cloud behavior. . . Etc. . .
I wasn't referring to those who disagree with the past science pioneers....I don't CARE about them as far as my post goes. It's just that you were suggesting that people are sometimes dismissed because of their views....BY ANYONE...that doesn't mean your views are anything like the views of those who's beliefs were eventually accepted.
It seems you are suggesting that people in the past were ridiculed for not having mainstream opinions. and were eventually exonerated....and that you believe this will happen with you...It really matters LITTLE who is/was dismissing the beliefs.
You are no pioneer....and just because I disagree with you, doesn't mean I'm anything like the Catholic church.
You have NOTHING but suspicion , assumption...and ignorance about what few documents you have read about this matter.
I'm asking for more...you have claimed there IS more...that you have held back..
Please share.
So far...your "argument" isn't anything of the sort.
No, not the same old vague suspicions/assumptions.
Have you ASKED the authors of these papers if you may be misunderstanding what they wrote? Have you asked for clarification? Because, I have read the same things you have..and so have others here...and we tend to come to different conclusions.
Does that mean YOUR conclusions are right...and ours wrong?
I say we ask for some clarification about unaccounted for particulates...
Because I cannot come to the same conclusions you come to...no matter how hard I try, unless I make several assumptions. And science doesn't allow for much of that...sorry.
Yeah, when you actually find something compelling...Noble , I will share the new information when I feel it is the best timing . . .
Well, I have corresponded with NASA, a self proclaimed expert on persistent contrail prediction, and some pilots . . . The information I gained from the exchanges changed my position very little. . . It maybe helped me to better define my
beliefs. . .
Yeah, when you actually find something compelling...
Ok . . .let us build a way to deliver aerosols to the atmosphere with only using the existing aircraft and their exhausts . . .
Using the below quote . . . as a starting place . . .
"As to knowing whether we're conning, there are two ways:
First, if you're flying a fighter (I was an F-16 pilot) your wingman will tell you when you start to con. Being line-abreat, they can see your 6:00 and can see it. We used to climb up to find the con altitude before a mock battle because we wouldn't want to give our position away - we'd climb to find the con flight level (flight level is altitude) and then fight below that altitude. The con flight level changes with the charachteristics of the atmosphere. Every hour it's different at every altitude, so we'd have to check it before every engagement.
Second, in an airliner where you have no wingman that can check your 6:00, the only way I was ever able to tell if we were conning was to look at other airplanes at close to my altitude, OR, if the sun was at the right angle - looking at my shadow. The airplane and the con cast a shadow - if the sun is at the right angle you can see it.
As to the fuel - yes. The fueler who pumps fuel into the jet gives us a "report" (fuel slip). That report indicates the quantity of fuel, the tanks the fuel was put in to and the type of fuel that we were fueled with.
As an interesting aside - since jet fuel weighs approximatly 6.7 lbs per gallon and since .67 (decimal shift intended) is mathematically two-thirds... it was easy to check the weight of the fuel in the airplane.
If they pumped 10000 lbs of fuel into the airplane, you divide 10,000 by 2/3 (when you divide by a fraction you multiply by the inverse of the fraction - 10,000 x 3/2 (or 1.5) - disregarding the decimal) and you get 1500 gallons.
So, when you're pumping jet fuel, take the pounds and multiply by 1.5 and you get gallons divided by ten.'
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I also asked a senior pilot similar questions recently . . .
I would like to ask the following. . . The questions are . . .
"1) Are you an experienced pilot o fmultiengine jet engine aircraft . . . ? Yes.
2) How many hours of flight timedo you have . . . ? 19,000 hours total 14,000 multiengine jet.
3) Can you list some of the airframes you have piloted . . . ? DC-8, B-707, L-1011, Learjet, Hawker
4) When was the last time you flew professionally . . . ? March 2001
5) When you were flying as a professional pilot were you aware or take notice when you would leave a persistent contrail? no. Impossible. Do you think pilots in general take notice? No, there is no way to look in back.
6) When you took on fuel . . . were you aware of the specifics of what wasloaded . . . I know you knew the pounds and which tanks were loaded but did youknow the type of fuel or the additives in the fuel? Yes, fuelers are required to give us SP Grav for the log. Learjets required PF-55MB anti-ice directly into the fuel.
7) When you did you pre-flight inspections could there have been small tubes orspraying orifices on the wings or airframe you could have overlooked . . . ? The engineer or F/O does the walk around. Capts just sit on their butts and bitch. Since the trailing edges are so sharp, clean and smooth, someone would notice a tube large 1/2"+ enough to spray a chemical. Since all modern jets have wet wings it would be difficult to mount a tube that distance.
8) If you had noticed visible vortices on your control surfaces during cruisingaltitudes would you have questioned their presence . . . ? Can't see any control surface from the cockpit on any modern transport jet.
9) Are you aware of the concept of a Chemtrail Conspiracy? Yes.
10) Do you believe there is an Intentional Aerosol Injection program fordispersal of substances at 30,0000 feet or higher? Probably
11) Have you noticed an increase in contrail persistence in general and if so .. . when did you notice it happen? I resisted this claim until about a year ago when it became obvious someone was doing something.
12) Can the increase in jet engine efficiencies, the number and frequency ofhigher cruising altitudes, and the size of jet engines and their resultingturbulence account for the increase in persistence contrails? No. Contrails depend on per cent of saturation and temperature of the outside air."
So what hve we found out . . . ????
1) The aircrew and not necessarily the pilot might find modifications to the airframe which could facilitate a spraying system . . . on a pre-flight check . . .
2) The aircrew is not capable of seeing if they are leaving a persistent trail except under unusually circumstances and probably wouldn't be concerned even if they were . . .
3) The captain would not know if something were added to his fuel unless it changed the SP (I assume the Specific Gravity) of fuel as reported on the load report he/she receives . . . or if there were a performance shortfall . . . less miles per pounds of fuel . . . probably around the 1% - 2% range as I was told by another commercial pilot . . .
1) Are you suggesting a pilot wouldn't recognize a "spray system" during a pre-flight?! Gimme a break....
2) So? I'm not concerned about that either..
3) Again, so?! How is any of this EVIDENCE?! It's just more speculation/assumption/suspicion...
Is it that you just don't understand the definition of the word "compelling"?!
What did I say . . . ?
"1) The aircrew and not necessarily the pilot might find modifications to the airframe which could facilitate a spraying system . . . on a pre-flight check . . ."
And you DON'T consider this compelling. . .
"9) Are you aware of the concept of a Chemtrail Conspiracy? Yes.
10) Do you believe there is an Intentional Aerosol Injection program fordispersal of substances at 30,0000 feet or higher? Probably
11) Have you noticed an increase in contrail persistence in general and if so .. . when did you notice it happen? I resisted this claim until about a year ago when it became obvious someone was doing something."
Hi guys.
I'm a retired 747 Captain, was in the trade for 25 years.
I've been all over all kinds of aeroplanes and there is simply no machinery on board to spray chemicals like the conspiracy theory says.
It's just physics and nature doing its thing.
I agree with you. . . But it is possible there are modified versions you have not seen. . .
So what hve we found out . . . ????
1) The aircrew and not necessarily the pilot might find modifications to the airframe which could facilitate a spraying system . . . on a pre-flight check . . .
3) The captain would not know if something were added to his fuel unless it changed the SP (I assume the Specific Gravity) of fuel as reported on the load report he/she receives . . . or if there were a performance shortfall . . . less miles per pounds of fuel . . . probably around the 1% - 2% range as I was told by another commercial pilot . . .
I agree with you. . . But it is possible there are modified versions you have not seen. . .
What's more mechanics pore over the aircraft at regular intervals - and being one such I know we get absolutely everywhere
Another A&P here. Exactly...As Mike says every aircraft goes through detailed inspections at regular intervals. By detailed I mean every square inch, inside and out, is checked for damage, defects, cracks, etc., along with checks of all systems and lubrication schedules followed. People like George have NO IDEA what goes on behind the scenes while thousands of highly trained individuals keep those planes flying safely and (mostly) on schedule. If there were strange devices on any of those planes, lots of people would know.
cheers
the whole process would have to be self contained within a dedicated aircraft and a dedicated airfield and personnel. . . Not impossible but difficult.
I also asked a senior pilot similar questions recently . . .
I would like to ask the following. . . The questions are . . .
"1) Are you an experienced pilot o fmultiengine jet engine aircraft . . . ? Yes.
2) How many hours of flight timedo you have . . . ? 19,000 hours total 14,000 multiengine jet.
3) Can you list some of the airframes you have piloted . . . ? DC-8, B-707, L-1011, Learjet, Hawker
4) When was the last time you flew professionally . . . ? March 2001
5) When you were flying as a professional pilot were you aware or take notice when you would leave a persistent contrail? no. Impossible. Do you think pilots in general take notice? No, there is no way to look in back.
6) When you took on fuel . . . were you aware of the specifics of what wasloaded . . . I know you knew the pounds and which tanks were loaded but did youknow the type of fuel or the additives in the fuel? Yes, fuelers are required to give us SP Grav for the log. Learjets required PF-55MB anti-ice directly into the fuel.
7) When you did you pre-flight inspections could there have been small tubes orspraying orifices on the wings or airframe you could have overlooked . . . ? The engineer or F/O does the walk around. Capts just sit on their butts and bitch. Since the trailing edges are so sharp, clean and smooth, someone would notice a tube large 1/2"+ enough to spray a chemical. Since all modern jets have wet wings it would be difficult to mount a tube that distance.
8) If you had noticed visible vortices on your control surfaces during cruisingaltitudes would you have questioned their presence . . . ? Can't see any control surface from the cockpit on any modern transport jet.
9) Are you aware of the concept of a Chemtrail Conspiracy? Yes.
10) Do you believe there is an Intentional Aerosol Injection program fordispersal of substances at 30,0000 feet or higher? Probably
11) Have you noticed an increase in contrail persistence in general and if so .. . when did you notice it happen? I resisted this claim until about a year ago when it became obvious someone was doing something.
12) Can the increase in jet engine efficiencies, the number and frequency ofhigher cruising altitudes, and the size of jet engines and their resultingturbulence account for the increase in persistence contrails? No. Contrails depend on per cent of saturation and temperature of the outside air."
George, this person has taken you for a fool and took you for a ride. Its probable he isn't a pilot at all. I have several reasons for saying this. It is possible you fabricated this whole episode. We wil never know, because nothing of what you posted above will ever be confirmable.
Please specify your reasons . . . before you do . . . I assure you the information was presented as was asked and responded . . . I have no reason to believe this person is not who he says he is . . .
George, be aware that some pilots .... um ... stretch the truth a little at times.
I flew with one guy who claimed to be a Captain in other airline to get a job with the airline I worked for. Turned out he was only a First Officer and simply lied. Another had a decade of lies behind him, claiming he was a Boeing test pilot, etc. Another was a little ... odd ..... we ended up having to buy him a Bluetooth earpiece to make him blend into the crowds better as he talked to himself out loud quite a lot.
Another was a very clever guy, a bit of an inventor; he could not be convinced that the Apollo Moon landings happened, no matter how much I showed all his evidence to be incorrect.