• Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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    19 days ago

    What would happen if you flew over the mountains anyway? Would the turbulence spill your coffee or something worse?

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      19 days ago

      Either ATC would have you copy a phone number, or the military would send you a high-explosive welcome package. Not sure which is worse.

      I don’t know exactly why, but there’s a conspicuous lack of navigation waypoints over the Urals. It’s probably not a safe idea to have aircraft cross over a mountain range when it can be avoided. Most of the airways cross directly west-to-east.