With sustained winds at 195 mph and gusting to 235 mph, Super Typhoon Haiyan is one of the strongest tropical cyclone in world history.
After flattening Philppines, the storm is currently over South China Sea moving towards Vietnam.
A quick look at Flightradar24 (with cloud layer active) gives a hint at how the Haiyan is affecting air traffic in the air, with aircraft forced to circumvent the bad weather.
David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.
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Well, yeah, that, or all the ADS-B antennas have been ripped off of roof’s in the region; I know my setup wouldn’t take 100mph LET ALONE 235mph!!!!
This is ignoring the fact that any plane that can get away from that morass is or has already done so. I mean it’s not like it sneaks up on you…
Well, yeah, that, or all the ADS-B antennas have been ripped off of roof’s in the region; I know my setup wouldn’t take 100mph LET ALONE 235mph!!!!
This is ignoring the fact that any plane that can get away from that morass is or has already done so. I mean it’s not like it sneaks up on you…