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From: Halmyre on 15 Apr 2010 14:59 In article <82p1klFne3U1(a)mid.individual.net>, bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk says... > On 15/04/2010 18:40, GeoffC wrote: > > Bod wrote: > >> If the ash cloud is at 55,000 ft, why can't the planes fly at, say, > >> 40,000 ft instead? > >> > > > > Or 55,010 ft? > > > > -- > > > > Geoff > > > > > > What I don't understand is, how come emergency flights are taking off? Probably propellor driven? -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: Mr Pounder on 15 Apr 2010 15:57 "Halmyre" <no.spam(a)this.address> wrote in message news:MPG.263172789ab2351598a2b6(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <82p1klFne3U1(a)mid.individual.net>, bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk > says... >> On 15/04/2010 18:40, GeoffC wrote: >> > Bod wrote: >> >> If the ash cloud is at 55,000 ft, why can't the planes fly at, say, >> >> 40,000 ft instead? >> >> >> > >> > Or 55,010 ft? >> > >> > -- >> > >> > Geoff >> > >> > >> >> What I don't understand is, how come emergency flights are taking off? > > Probably propellor driven? > > -- > Halmyre > > This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your > head clean off. This answers everybody. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8622099.stm I need your sig............ Mr Pounder
From: Graham Harrison on 15 Apr 2010 16:02 "Bod" <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:82p11nFddvU1(a)mid.individual.net... > On 15/04/2010 18:31, Harry Bloomfield wrote: >> Bod expressed precisely : >>> Ok, why not fly at about 10,000 ft temporarily? >>> The particles are apparently too light to fall from the Jet >>> Stream(according to the news reports). >> >> Because it will cost considerably more fuel to fly at that level and >> aircraft make use of the jetstream to reduce journey times plus fuel >> costs. >> > > > > But nowhere near as much as it would cost, if not flying at all. > > Bod It will not only cost more but the range of aircraft will be vastly reduced *and* there are places you can't go (mountains for example). But the real reason, as others have said, is gravity. It doesn't matter what altitude you fly at the stuff will get you. And, before you dismiss it as "dust" this stuff is really nasty. It's very small and very abrasive. It gets in everywhere.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on 15 Apr 2010 19:00 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:09:50 +0100, Bod <bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >If the ash cloud is at 55,000 ft, why can't the planes fly at, say, >40,000 ft instead? Who cares, flying is an environmental disaster, look at the photos from superjeeps:- "http://www.millhouse.nl/eyjafjallajokull2010.html" -- Mike. .. . Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: Bod on 16 Apr 2010 03:50
On 16/04/2010 00:00, ChelseaTractorMan wrote: > On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:09:50 +0100, Bod<bodron57(a)tiscali.co.uk> > wrote: > >> If the ash cloud is at 55,000 ft, why can't the planes fly at, say, >> 40,000 ft instead? > > Who cares, flying is an environmental disaster, look at the photos > from superjeeps:- > > "http://www.millhouse.nl/eyjafjallajokull2010.html" > > Nice pics,lovely scenery, thanks. Bod |