SIN - HEL question...
Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2016 1:04 pm
Flew SIN-HEL recently...with FINNAIR, nice little airline been around forever, and in the jet age a safety record as good as QANTAS,,etc etc..
But somewhere over Khazahkstan or Russia...and I'm thinking more Russia, I experienced a visual trickery.....still at 39 thou ft with a few hours to run into Helsinki, I was staring out the window, looking down and obsereved what appeared to be a very strong spotlight in what appeared to be a 'compound' of sorts, it was as though the compound was about 10 000ft below, and the searchlight I observed was very strong, and lasted a good 10 minutes, searchlight seemingly following us along, and whilst I could seemingly make out stuff like I was at 10 thou ft.....I knew we were at around 39....strange illusion indeed...and as I do not often fly a route like this, was wondering what this illusion was?? It was indeed an illlusion for certain.
I mentioned it tonight to Mrs Fliegs...and she recalls seeing the same..
So dear fellow Ops -Normal Folk....what was this (military?) base, and what was the illusion to make it look so near?
But somewhere over Khazahkstan or Russia...and I'm thinking more Russia, I experienced a visual trickery.....still at 39 thou ft with a few hours to run into Helsinki, I was staring out the window, looking down and obsereved what appeared to be a very strong spotlight in what appeared to be a 'compound' of sorts, it was as though the compound was about 10 000ft below, and the searchlight I observed was very strong, and lasted a good 10 minutes, searchlight seemingly following us along, and whilst I could seemingly make out stuff like I was at 10 thou ft.....I knew we were at around 39....strange illusion indeed...and as I do not often fly a route like this, was wondering what this illusion was?? It was indeed an illlusion for certain.
I mentioned it tonight to Mrs Fliegs...and she recalls seeing the same..
So dear fellow Ops -Normal Folk....what was this (military?) base, and what was the illusion to make it look so near?