Frank Otta / 19 Jan 2005 10:55

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Weeks ago I was curious how to estimate the height of flying tipplers and I
started to ask around. Finally I got an answer from an anonymous fancier on
the Fauna Magazine web discussion page. Here it is, word for word, find my
remarks below:

* altitude (in meters): observation description

100-200m: pigeon body movement clearly distinguishable; wing movement
distinguishable

300-400m: the pigeon can be seen as a dot under favorable conditions; wing
movement indistinguishable

500-600m: sighting of the pigeon is difficult and sometimes even impossible
since the bird may disappear into the clouds

over 700m: the altitude, in which the pigeon is out of human sight (**
according to the Czech standard, the pigeon must stay in such altitude for
at least an hour)

*1 meter is about 3 ft

** Remember, we don't have any flying rules to go by nor clubs to be
organized in. So this is an unwritten standard of a small group of local
fanciers and is in direct contradiction to many club flying rules.


Submitted by Frank Otta on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 10:55 AM