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From: Leszek Karlik on 17 Jan 2010 07:48 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:49:34 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: [...] >> Night VFR? My mum could do that. > > Not in the UK, she couldn't. Night flight in the UK is always IFR. And you can't ride above the speed limit? ;-) -- Leszek 'Leslie' Karlik NTV 650
From: crn on 17 Jan 2010 07:48 Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > > "Wicked Uncle Nigel" <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message > news:Eorfpo0OlvULJANF(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk... > > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Richard Smith > > <monotreme(a)blueyonder.co.uk> typed > >> > >>"ogden" <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote in message > >>news:MPG.25bc7fb7cffc3ee1989e18(a)news.eternal-september.org... > >>> > >>> Last I read, and the situation may have improved, they had one of three > >>> runways working but no radar so pilots were landing through the night on > >>> visual. Nuff respect if it's true. > >> > >>Night VFR? My mum could do that. > > > > Not in the UK, she couldn't. Night flight in the UK is always IFR. > > Are you sure about that WUN? A tad complicated. A PPL can have a night rating without an instrument rating but the flight is classed as IMC because the visibility requirements for VMC cannot be met. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: Dr Ivan D. Reid on 17 Jan 2010 08:56 On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:51:19 +0000, Colin Irvine <look(a)bottom.of.home.page> wrote in <jeq5l591m59v44s46fpu56esvmoa7n6rnf(a)4ax.com>: > It seems to me that too many people confuse two completely separate > issues - the speed with which the world is warming as a result of the > natural cycle of events on the one hand, and the extent to which > mankind is affecting both the speed and the final outcome of the cycle > on the other. Both are carelessly described as Climate Change and > Global Warming. ...and then there are those who conflate the Ozone Hole into the argument as well. -- Ivan Reid, School of Engineering & Design, _____________ CMS Collaboration, Brunel University. Ivan.Reid@[brunel.ac.uk|cern.ch] Room 40-1-B12, CERN GSX600F, RG250WD "You Porsche. Me pass!" DoD #484 JKLO#003, 005 WP7# 3000 LC Unit #2368 (tinlc) UKMC#00009 BOTAFOT#16 UKRMMA#7 (Hon) KotPT -- "for stupidity above and beyond the call of duty".
From: wessie on 17 Jan 2010 09:15 steve auvache <dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote in news:vNtspJAsjxULFwC $@auvache.force9.co.uk: > > And the tee hugging commie hippy faggots odd coves, those golfers -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: Mike Barnard on 17 Jan 2010 10:09
On Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:34:09 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote: >OK, it's clusterfuck, and no mistake. Aid is taking way too long to get >where it's needed. Some of you may know I'm ex fire, and a friend of mine is over in Haiti right now. I got this press release from the FS today. I thought it might be of interest. Date Added: 17th January 2:45pm UPDATE ON UK FIREFIGHTERS IN HAITI; 3 RESCUED, TEAM NOW MOVED TO EPICENTRE OF QUAKE The team of 64 UK firefighters are beginning their third full day of operations in Haiti since they began to arrive on Thursday. They had been working in the Deprez area of Porto-au-Prince, using local intelligence reports to search buildings where people were believed to be trapped but still alive. The team had been searching for survivors at a local Police station, a supermarket, and a language school. So far they have rescued a two year old girl called Mia who has now been reunited with her mother after spending three days trapped in the rubble. On Saturday a team also rescued a 60yr old male after a 7hr rescue operation, and a 40yr old female who took 4 hrs to reach. Today (Sunday) the majority of the UK International Search and Rescue team are leaving Port-au-Prince to assist in the area near the epicentre of the Haitian earthquake. Fifty seven of them, along with members of the RAPID UK, 25 members of the Icelandic team, and 14 Qatari�s are forming a task force which is being deployed to the town of Leogane. They were hoping to depart Port-au-Price at 13:00 GMT. Leogane is a 2 hour drive west of the capital and they will travel by lorry and bus. They will remain in Leogane for the rest of the day, through the night and continue operations there tomorrow. Leogane was near the epicentre of the earthquake and as yet no Search and Rescue teams have visited this area. The United Nations have confirmed that security in the region should not be a problem however the teams will be escorted by a battalion of UN peacekeepers from Sri Lanka. The remaining 7 UK International Search and Rescue personnel who are left in Port-au-Prince are staying at the airport assisting the US military distributing aid via helicopter. All the UK team are reported to be fit and well but communications from Haiti are proving very difficult. The UK command centre for this mission is being run from the HQ of Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service and they are receiving updates via satellite phone from the teams in Haiti. We hope to have a further update once the teams reach Leogane. NOTES The West Sussex Fire & Rescue Service's Technical Rescue Unit is one of 21 specialist search and rescues teams strategically situated around the UK. These Fire & Rescue Service teams are primarily funded by central Government through its New Dimensions programme. New Dimensions was part of the UK response to 9/11 and is aimed at providing the UK a more resilient response to a major incident such as widespread flooding, structural collapses, terrorist attack or transport emergency. Thirteen of these teams are trained to be deployed overseas as part of the UK response when a foreign government appeals for help after a natural disasters. When deployed overseas they are known as ISAR teams (International Search & Rescue) All ISAR teams are trained to use the same kit and equipment, which can lift, cut, and remove concrete and rubble from collapsed structures, along with sophisticated cameras and listening devices for finding casualties. Based at Horley Fire Station, the West Sussex team has 12 members who have been selected from existing WSFRS staff. The West Sussex firefighters on this rescue mission are Station Manager St John Stanley, Crew Manager Chris Kemp, and Firefighters Peter Thorpe-Hinks, Brian Vincent, Mick Lewin and Rob Negus. A team of 64 firefighters and two search dogs, together with 12 tonnes of equipment left Gatwick at 1840hrs on Wednesday 13th January on a flight organised by DFID, the Government Department for International Development. Whilst working abroad each Fire & Rescue Service team has one of five specific roles within the UK rescue team; Command & Control, Logistics, Search, Rescue, and Medical. The West Sussex firefighters are running the logistical operation for the UK mission, set up in base of operations for most of the international rescue teams. The other teams of firefighters are from Greater Manchester, Lincolnshire, Kent, West Midlands, Lancashire, South Wales, Hampshire and Mid & West Wales |