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Old 03-21-2010, 03:35 PM
Insuber Insuber is offline
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Originally Posted by MikkOwl View Post

Question to all - is there any way of seeing how the wind is blowing relative to the aircraft? Both when seeing the ground (not having a map to compare to) and when flying without any visual on the ground. How did people figure this out in flight way up there?

If one sees the ground normally one can use landmarks to estimate position. No ground visibility = no landmarks and no way to determine the drift.
Over the sea at night, if visibility was good, bomber crews used to launch a flare with the rear gunner aiming at it from a distance.

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