Float plane operations while diving.

[derwoodwithasherwood]

This question might seem a bit odd but I'm sitting here looking out the window and I noticed my neighbour landing. Right were I was diving the other day. I can hear approaching boats from some distance but how close is a float plane likely to be at the point when it can be heard underwater?

 

[Don Burke]

This question might seem a bit odd but I'm sitting here looking out the window and I noticed my neighbour landing. Right were I was diving the other day. I can hear approaching boats from some distance but how close is a float plane likely to be at the point when it can be heard underwater?

I doubt anyone has done anything scientific regarding this.

I _can_ verify that S-3 Viking jet aircraft are pretty obvious in a submarine at periscope depth. We could hear them right through the hull.

 

[kent_1848]

Might be time to invest in that towable dive flag float

 

[nazgul810]

Might be time to invest in that towable dive flag float

Or at least a snorkel flag

Just kidding.

 

[derwoodwithasherwood]

Might be time to invest in that towable dive flag float

I was thinking of that. If it's big enough to be seen from the air, is it still classified as a flag or is it bordering on a sail? :rofl:

(I'm not a pilot, but apparently flags are hard to spot from up there. I'm told that's why wind socks are 3 dimensional.)

 

[H2Andy]

I _can_ verify that S-3 Viking jet aircraft are pretty obvious in a submarine at periscope depth

...jets

prop planes are probably not that loud?

my thought would be to get an extra large orange lift or float and anchor
it to the bottom if possible. then make that your ascent point.

-or-

take your flag along, but then shoot a largish bag when you're ready to come up
(but two lines to manage... hmm....)

 

[Doc Intrepid]

I wouldn't sweat it. It's a pretty big ocean.

The probability of your neighbor's plane's pontoon touching down on the precise place and time on the surface where your head is emerging is probably somewhere around the same as a huge frickin' asteroid crashing into the ocean and starting a tsunami that wipes out life on earth.

And face it, dude...if it happens - it just wasn't your day!

You woulda gotten run down by a submarine, eaten by a giant octopus, or hit by a bus driven by a little old lady anyway! :reaper:

 

[H2Andy]

The probability of your neighbor's plane's pontoon touching down on the precise place and time on the surface where your head is emerging is probably somewhere around the same as a huge frickin' asteroid crashing into the ocean and starting a tsunami that wipes out life on earth.

that's what that dude that got hit by the chunk of falling satellite problably said :11:

 

[Doc Intrepid]

Yup. It just wasn't his day!

"Cause of Death: Space Debris"

Go figure...



(Have they spotted any huge frickin' asteroids lately? )

 

[derwoodwithasherwood]

I wouldn't sweat it. It's a pretty big ocean.

I saw the ocean once -- clear like drinking water, but it tasted funny. Heck, I bet you could look up through it and see if a plane was landing. You are right: it was big, probably almost as big as one of the Great Lakes. Certainly far bigger than my little lake here. :fork:

The probability of your neighbor's plane's pontoon touching down on the precise place and time on the surface where your head is emerging is probably somewhere around the same as a huge frickin' asteroid crashing into the ocean and starting a tsunami that wipes out life on earth.

True. Timing is everything. The risk of an airplane landing is no greater than the risk of a boat happening by at that particular moment in time.

You woulda gotten run down by a submarine, eaten by a giant octopus, or hit by a bus driven by a little old lady anyway!

1. Spring fed lake -- any submarine small enough to make it up the outflowing creek will bounce off all the neoprene.
2. My octopus is the same size as my primary -- it goes in my mouth, not vice-versa.
3. You've seen SWMBO drive! I'll tell her to keep the bus out of the lake while I'm diving.

:rofl: