Chinese Air Space
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 12:12 pm
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/u-airlines-adv ... 32628.html
This is a very interesting news story to me because on my last trip to the Philippines a few years ago we left JFK at night and I was surprised that in a few hours it was broad daylight outside. So I Looked at the in-flight map showing our position and I realized we were flying a north to south route, practically across the north pole and then down through Siberia and mainland China before landing in Hong Kong. I had made this trip quite a few times since my days in the Navy but we always went East to West for reasons that were obvious back then. Flying across Russian and then Chinese airspace could get you killed.
This is a very interesting news story to me because on my last trip to the Philippines a few years ago we left JFK at night and I was surprised that in a few hours it was broad daylight outside. So I Looked at the in-flight map showing our position and I realized we were flying a north to south route, practically across the north pole and then down through Siberia and mainland China before landing in Hong Kong. I had made this trip quite a few times since my days in the Navy but we always went East to West for reasons that were obvious back then. Flying across Russian and then Chinese airspace could get you killed.