earthquake

[chitrangda]

To all,

I was just wondering that if there is an earthquake in an area and a plane is flying over it.Will earthquake have any effect on the plane?

[Klaynos]

Probably not, unless any bit buildings fall and create a lot of dust.

 

I doubt it'd create enough turbulence in the air to do much else. Air is not good at wave propagation... it's far too lossy, and there will be problems with the wave moving from one medium to another...

[DJBruce]

I agree with Klaynos. I doubt that the earthquake will directly affect the airplane.

[CaptainPanic]

I agree with Klaynos.

 

But to show the extreme case, you can fly a paper airplane over a subwoofer

[chitrangda]

I agree with Klaynos.

 

But to show the extreme case, you can fly a paper airplane over a subwoofer

yes, i'll surly do that>.But dont you ppl think that it will effect the base transmition?

[Klaynos]

You mean the beacons for navigation?

 

Well if they're damaged yes, but most planes these days also have gps, and beacons arn't a requirement for flight...

[chitrangda]

what is gps?

[CaptainPanic]

http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_positioning_system

[chitrangda]

"Since GPS signals at terrestrial receivers tend to be relatively weak, it is easy for other sources of electromagnetic radiation to desensitize the receiver, making acquiring and tracking the satellite signals difficult or impossible.

 

Solar flares are one such naturally occurring emission with the potential to degrade GPS reception, and their impact can affect reception over the half of the Earth facing the sun. GPS signals can also be interfered with by naturally occurring geomagnetic storms, predominantly found near the poles of the Earth's magnetic field.[44] GPS signals are also subjected to interference from Van Allen Belt radiation when the satellites pass through the South Atlantic Anomaly."

what is van Allen Belt radiation & geomagnetic storms

[Klaynos]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_storm

 

It's when the solar wind causes the magnetosphere to fluctuate....

 

Van Allen Belt radiation is something I actually had to look up...

 

But now I've seen it on wp I remember...

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Allen_radiation_belt

 

Basically you get trapped charge in the earths magenetic field... have a look at a penning trap

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penning_trap