[ARC5] Wire antenna on Dreamliner ?

[Tim]

Might be connected to a temporary angle-of-attack indicator. You see them
occasionally on new aircraft being tested...
Or not....

Tim
N6CC

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 6:13 PM Hubert Miller <Kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> My brother says he saw a video of a 787 Dreamliner taking off and it had
> some kind of wire
> antenna hanging from the vertical stab. He says it looked guessing about
> 15 foot long and
> ended in a ball shaped drogue. He said at liftoff this wire was not
> horizontal but still dragging
> at an angle, in other words not extended fully horizontal at takeoff
> speed.  This was not a
> military 787; it was painted in some airline's logo.
> So, what's this about ??
> -Hue Miller
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