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From: Nige on 15 Apr 2010 13:41 'Hog wrote: > Switters wrote: >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:28:24 GMT, prawn wrote: >> >>> How about this. <http://www.flickr.com/photos/ice-cold/4497761488/> >>> >>> Aurora and volcano in one shot. >> >> Oh, some of these are wonderful... >> http://www.millhouse.nl/eyjafjallajokull2010.html > > www.millhouse.nl/eyjafjallajokull20.html > My first thoughts were of the morning after a serious Ruby Murray In the local paper the other week, an obit for Ruby Murray, from Bradford :) -- Nige, Land Rover 90 Yamaha R1 Range Rover Vogue
From: YTC#1 on 15 Apr 2010 14:50 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:31:03 +0100, ogden wrote: > Switters wrote: >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:29:32 GMT, ogden wrote: >> >> > Switters wrote: >> >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:02:36 GMT, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: >> >> > NATS are now saying it is "very unlikely that the situation over >> >> > England will improve in the foreseeable future". >> >> >> >> Does this mean that the politicos can't get to Manchester? >> > >> > Other modes of transport between London and Manchester are available. >> >> Yeah, but surely just for poor people. > > At 400 for a 1st class seat on the 16:40 from Euston I really don't think > it's for poor people. Thats what advanced booking is for, I just got 175ukp from Runcorn to uston for Monday [1], 1st out and off-peak cattle class back. [1] Interview at TFL -- 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: YTC#1 on 15 Apr 2010 14:54 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:26:48 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: > Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, YTC#1 > <bdp-spambin(a)ytc1.co.uk> typed >>On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:31:54 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >>Oh yes they were, the flight Sarah was mean to be on Left Gatwick at >>12;22, and other flights got off to Orlando and Vegas. > > Interesting. > Thats what I thought, looking at the maps thee was probably a route south around Ireland > NATS have a NOTAM saying that UK controlled airspace is closed from > 12:00 today. That'll be 12:00 Zulu, so one may have snuck out at 12:22 > BST, but it would have been one of the last. Air Transat, small airline, they will have needed the plane to get to Vancouver so it can get back again for the nxt scheduled flight on Sunday. It will have been in their interest to pay extra for a slot. Still rckon Sarah has a travel insurnace claim. > > Unless, of course, they're going VFR. (That's a joke, BTW, they're not). > > So, to say at 14:28 BST that flights *ARE* getting out was incorrect. Aye, but I did correct myslef and say were. -- 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: Pip Luscher on 15 Apr 2010 15:56 On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:17:04 +0000 (UTC), Switters <me(a)privacy.net> wrote: >On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:29:32 GMT, ogden wrote: > >> Switters wrote: >>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:02:36 GMT, Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote: >>> > NATS are now saying it is "very unlikely that the situation over >>> > England will improve in the foreseeable future". >>> >>> Does this mean that the politicos can't get to Manchester? >> >> Other modes of transport between London and Manchester are available. > >Yeah, but surely just for poor people. I thought everyone knew that politicos scraped by on a pittance. -- -Pip
From: Mike Buckley on 15 Apr 2010 16:46
In message <OskPGSExgvxLJAEs(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> writes >Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Mike Buckley ><Mike(a)hotmail.com> typed >> >>I live near enough Tollerton airport to see and hear regular pleasure >>flights, no change from the usual. Too low to be affected? > >They're flying VFR (Visual Flight Rules), and in uncontrolled airspace. >So, they're unaffected by "UK airspace being closed". It's their call. > >Personally, given that the ash is forecast to the surface, I'd have >some concerns about air filters getting blocked or windscreens being >damaged. But it's their call. > Chopper flights ceased after around 2pm but Cessna/Piper flights continued all afternoon. Not sure I'd be that happy as a paying customer being told "it's ok" when every other bloody plane in the UK is on the runway. Given the luck I would have expected XH558s post winter service test flight to be today or tomorrow. -- Mike Buckley RD350LC2 CB72 |