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Does Santa Really Exist?
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Doug Hanchard, Aviator with 7,000+ hours CPL, ATPL Pitt S1 to DC-8's and B-707's.
Answered 12m ago
Santa does exist! Holy smokes - don’t let Santa hear you say that he isn’t alive and working hard or Mrs. Claus will be very sad!
Santa has unrestricted use of all airspace with a radius of at least 250 nautical miles between December 24th and December 25th. Santa simply cannot risk a mid-air collision!
This is why North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks and clears all civilian and commercial flights that fly near the North Pole.
Russia’s Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command and Arctic Joint Strategic Command also make sure Saint Nicholas has clear airspace in which to fly.
I used to fly DC-8’s and B-707’s from Illinois - Alaska (refueling stop) to Japan in December. These were long flights and took many hours of planning and required very special flight plans if it was December 24th or the 25th. I did this run twice when I was flying cargo flights. As we flew over northern Canada we would radio ahead to Edmonton Center to make sure we were ready to reenter Alaska airspace and finally Anchorage Center to land and refuel before heading off to Tokyo, Japan. We made sure to stay alert in case of any potential airspace conflict that ATC might be aware of.
We sometimes saw Canadian and U.S. fighter jets fly past us to go follow something flying with a HUGE red blinking light in the far distance. Of course, we were instructed by the Air Force pilots to change course to avoid any possible collision or cause delays. We’re pretty sure it was one of many trips Santa / Saint Nick was on. The bright red blinking light would not be visible for very long because it was moving so fast and the fighter jets had a hard time keeping up!
I have it on good authority from former US Navy pilots (John Chesire and Tim Hibbetts ) along with former RCAF F-18 pilot (Gene Di Fiore ) had to go to full afterburner just to keep contact!
Official NORAD Santa Tracker
ohhhh by the way, during the summer, airliners frequently fly near or over the North Pole today with the International Open Skies Agreements now in place, known as the Bermuda Agreements (how appropriate given how cold the Arctic is…)
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Doug Hanchard, Aviator with 7,000+ hours CPL, ATPL Pitt S1 to DC-8's and B-707's.
Answered 12m ago
Santa does exist! Holy smokes - don’t let Santa hear you say that he isn’t alive and working hard or Mrs. Claus will be very sad!
Santa has unrestricted use of all airspace with a radius of at least 250 nautical miles between December 24th and December 25th. Santa simply cannot risk a mid-air collision!
This is why North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) tracks and clears all civilian and commercial flights that fly near the North Pole.
Russia’s Northern Fleet Joint Strategic Command and Arctic Joint Strategic Command also make sure Saint Nicholas has clear airspace in which to fly.
I used to fly DC-8’s and B-707’s from Illinois - Alaska (refueling stop) to Japan in December. These were long flights and took many hours of planning and required very special flight plans if it was December 24th or the 25th. I did this run twice when I was flying cargo flights. As we flew over northern Canada we would radio ahead to Edmonton Center to make sure we were ready to reenter Alaska airspace and finally Anchorage Center to land and refuel before heading off to Tokyo, Japan. We made sure to stay alert in case of any potential airspace conflict that ATC might be aware of.
We sometimes saw Canadian and U.S. fighter jets fly past us to go follow something flying with a HUGE red blinking light in the far distance. Of course, we were instructed by the Air Force pilots to change course to avoid any possible collision or cause delays. We’re pretty sure it was one of many trips Santa / Saint Nick was on. The bright red blinking light would not be visible for very long because it was moving so fast and the fighter jets had a hard time keeping up!
I have it on good authority from former US Navy pilots (John Chesire and Tim Hibbetts ) along with former RCAF F-18 pilot (Gene Di Fiore ) had to go to full afterburner just to keep contact!
Official NORAD Santa Tracker
ohhhh by the way, during the summer, airliners frequently fly near or over the North Pole today with the International Open Skies Agreements now in place, known as the Bermuda Agreements (how appropriate given how cold the Arctic is…)
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The Santa tracker is real here is the site
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Norad do it every Christmas eve.
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Norad do it every Christmas eve.
Alas, there are many fake Santas.
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