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From: Colin Irvine on 15 Apr 2010 08:23 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:43:54 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel squeezed out the following: >It's a bunch of coordinates, with flight levels for the ash. So: > >SFC/FL200 N6405 W01810 - N6420 W00712 - N6757 W00210 - >N7045 E00707 - N7038 E02449 - N6607 E03138 - N6440 E03211 - N6420 >E02341 - N6601 E01237 - N6425 E00835 - N5341 E00158 - N5444 W00250 - >N5956 W00812 - N6326 W02058 - N6405 W01810 > >says that within the longs/lats shown the ash is present from the ground >(SFC) to 20,000 feet (FL200). I just love this ng. -- Colin Irvine ZZR1400 BOF#33 BONY#34 COFF#06 BHaLC#5 http://www.colinandpat.co.uk
From: R C Nesbit on 15 Apr 2010 08:23 Ytc#1 spoke: > > So has it gone dark up there in the norvern wastelands? > > Nope, bright clear blue skies still Not here, it's been grey overcast all morning and bloody cold! -- Rob_P UKRM(at)indqualtec.co.uk uppercase(d) BBIWYMC#1 BOG#11? MRO#31 IBCDBBB#1(kotl) FJ1200, CCM130 Benelli Cabriolet (gone) Looks like Rab C Nesbit.
From: YTC#1 on 15 Apr 2010 09:28 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:44:45 +0000, crn wrote: > ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >> >> I flew in from Zurich last night, leaving three of my colleagues behind >> to fly back this morning. They're now stuck in Zurich for at least >> another day while I sit at home on the sofa with my feet up. Haha. > > Probably longer, all of the planes are in the wrong place to get started. > Bristol and Cardiff are landing flights destined for Birmingham and > northwards and scratching around for busses to take the passengers onward. > Even if the volcano stops erupting and/or the upper winds change direction > it is going to take a fair while to get the planes and crews positioned to > restart flights. Strangely, USA and Canada flights are getting out of Gatwick, presumably by using more southernly routes and extra fuel stops. -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 15 Apr 2010 09:31 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, YTC#1 <bdp-spambin(a)ytc1.co.uk> typed > >Strangely, USA and Canada flights are getting out of Gatwick, presumably >by using more southernly routes and extra fuel stops. No, they're not. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: Vass on 15 Apr 2010 09:51
"Mike Buckley" <Mike(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:sfOvAPJxPvxLFwKl(a)hotmail.com... > > I live near enough Tollerton airport to see and hear regular pleasure > flights, no change from the usual. Too low to be affected? > Is the Inn at Tollerton still going? I used to be Area Manager when it was Rob Roy Taverns :-) I remember Concorde doing a touch and go there. -- Vass |