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From: mmallory@netcom.com (Mark Mallory)
Subject: Re: objects above the horizon
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Mike Regish (mregish@mediaone.net) wrote:
: I hope not. I was going to Bridgeport, Ct. from Northampton, Ma.  :-)

Sounds like you were heading south, so that the horizon would probably 
have been the Atlantic Ocean.  Assuming this to be the case (and assuming 
you actually *could* see it throught the haze) at 2500 MSL, the distance to 
the (sea level) horizon would be about 53 nm; furthermore, the horizon 
would appear to be 53/60 = .88 degree *below* the horizontal.  An object 
directly on the horizon at a distance of 5 miles would thus be roughly 
400 feet below your altitude.

Possible?

