[ARC5] Wire antenna on Dreamliner ?

[Tim]

Well, close!  Here's the Wiki - used to calibrate static pressure
(altitude) sensor systems...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailing_cone

Who Knew?   ;o)

Tim
N6CC

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 6:56 PM Tim <timsamm at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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