Talk:2757: Towed Message

I hear there were plane(s) pulling banners (Draftkings) around the Boston area yesterday (MLB opening day), perhaps that influenced Randall. JohnHawkinson (talk) 23:31, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

I think that he edited the sign midflight somehow. --Purah126 (talk) 00:06, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Also, how do they answer the telephone call mid-flight? --Purah126 (talk) 01:59, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Well, they didn't, but that means they flew out of range of any suitable cell towers before any call came in. Which is their oversight/error given that it should be easier to maintain line-of-sight than if you're stuck on the ground in a canyon or something.

Otherwise, I'm sure they could waggle the stick with one hand whilst holding the handset to their ear with the other. I'm sure the FAA has rules against it (given that many jurisdictions don't like drivers driving whilst on a phone) but probably the least of the problems for a pilot who has to deal with a banner that they don't know how to handle... 172.71.242.87 03:06, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

I've created links to pages that show how banners are actually towed. Part of the joke here is that the banner is picked up in flight, and takes much more skill to pick up than to drop. As for answering a phone call, a pilot generally has one hand free to operate instrumentation or throttle anyway, the other being on the stick/yoke and feet planted on the rudder controls. I'm actually unaware of any FAA rules against cell phones beyond general pilot distraction (my pilot training was years before cell phones), and it's an FCC rule in the US that cell phones can't be used on aircraft, mainly because out of ground clutter the signal could be picked up by more than one cell tower using that particular frequency, which I've also added links to. This all kinda plays to my specialty, since I work on radios for aviation. ;) 172.70.210.43 04:00, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Is it some kind of self-reference? 2659: Unreliable Connection (talk) 02:03, 1 April 2023 (UTC)