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   smells of bikes (smellsofbikes@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 05:11:10 JST smells of bikes

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   • Hobson Lane

   @hobs I'm not sure what the plane is, but the Canberra and the U2 were/are both over 70,000 feet cruising altitude. I think one of the big USAF drones can also fly close to that high.

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     smells of bikes (smellsofbikes@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 05:11:10 JST smells of bikes

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     • Hobson Lane

     @hobs https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/aircraft-ranked-by-ceiling.php
     If the balloon was cruising at FL60, there are a whole bunch of aircraft capable of getting there.

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     Hobson Lane (hobs@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 05:11:11 JST Hobson Lane

     High res image of Chinese spy #balloon... from above!! Is that a #U2 spy plane? Didn't know we had anything that could fly that high.