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08-21-2017, 03:08 PM

JamesBond

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Eclipse flight

Well done Alaska.

Ya'll win bigly on that one. That had to have been the coolest ever.

08-21-2017, 04:37 PM

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Well done Alaska.

Ya'll win bigly on that one. That had to have been the coolest ever.

Probably flown by chief pilots

08-21-2017, 05:10 PM

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I was up in my 210 during totality. Didn't have glasses so I didn't look up, but it was noticeably darker.

08-21-2017, 10:59 PM

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I was up in my 210 during totality. Didn't have glasses so I didn't look up, but it was noticeably darker.

You can safely look at he sun during totality.

08-22-2017, 12:43 AM

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You can safely look at he sun during totality.

I wasn't directly in totality, but within a few miles of it... I actually heard Memphis Center turn traffic away just prior. I also had a few dozen aircraft headed south that I had to dodge afterwards.

08-22-2017, 08:48 AM

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Crossed paths with it over the Midwest. The F/A's said the cabin went totally dark with the all the windows open. Dark enough in the cockpit to want to turn up the lights, an orange-yellow hued light before and after for several minutes. Watched the shadow diverge away to the SE.