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Old 15th Apr 2010, 18:04
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Carjockey
 
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Neither you nor I (or anyone else for that matter), know exactly what degree of damage an aircraft would suffer if it were to fly through such a cloud.

To evaluate this all relevant factors would need to be known, vis: size and composition of dust particles, duration of flight through these particles, and effects of these particles on the aircraft and it's engines at a given speed and altitude/attitude.

Since these factors are not known (to anyone), common sense dictates that we should not put any aircraft into such a situation.

Don't you agree?

CJ
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