[ARC5] Wire antenna on Dreamliner ?

[jphutch60bj]

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Hutch

On 2/8/2021 9:12 PM, Tim wrote:
> Well, close!  Here's the Wiki - used to calibrate static pressure 
> (altitude) sensor systems...
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailing_cone 
> <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 
> <mailto: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
>     <mailto: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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