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My #8: "May be wrong, and I hope I am, but no (AFAIK) mention on BBC of India lending a hand".
Glad to hear that I am wrong; but BBC1 News still (up to 2200A tonight) doesn't consider it worth a mention (par for the course, I suppose). But my thanks to ion berkley and Robert Cooper ("Can't always trust the BBC"), who put me straight on this !
As regards the airfield making a quick buck out of the rescue landing fees, it is reminiscent of Churchill's retort to the Egyptian Government, who "tried it on" in the N. African campaign: "I do not intend to pay for admission to the battlefield !"
"It seems that these tremors are not unusual, but full blown earthquakes rare, at this end of the Himalayas". (My Post #2684 in "Gaining a Pilot's Brevet in WWII" Thread). I must open my big mouth !
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Glad to hear that I am wrong; but BBC1 News still (up to 2200A tonight) doesn't consider it worth a mention (par for the course, I suppose). But my thanks to ion berkley and Robert Cooper ("Can't always trust the BBC"), who put me straight on this !
As regards the airfield making a quick buck out of the rescue landing fees, it is reminiscent of Churchill's retort to the Egyptian Government, who "tried it on" in the N. African campaign: "I do not intend to pay for admission to the battlefield !"
"It seems that these tremors are not unusual, but full blown earthquakes rare, at this end of the Himalayas". (My Post #2684 in "Gaining a Pilot's Brevet in WWII" Thread). I must open my big mouth !
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Erm, not so well. They haven't been allowed in!!
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/quake-hit-...3.html#aRDB6oi
Nepal's government said Sunday it has denied entry to three British military helicopters sent to help the earthquake relief effort because of fears they could damage buildings when landing.
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Reports that a USMC UH-1Y working with the relief effort is missing.
Hopefully they will turn up.
Hopefully they will turn up.
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They are reporting a US Marine helicopter missing
US military helicopter missing in Nepal with eight on board - Telegraph
US military helicopter missing in Nepal with eight on board - Telegraph
Seems a shame that having got so far the Chinooks havent been allowed into the country. Obviously I know next to nothing about helicopter operations, but surely there must be useful work for these aircraft in Nepal at the moment? OK they are not as able to work in confined areas as the Squirrels but there must be a need for longer range transport of kit/personnel around the country which the Chinooks are ideal for - taking heavy plant to outlying areas as an underslung load for example?
I smell politics here - China sticking its oar in?
I smell politics here - China sticking its oar in?
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I don't know that much about us and China, but we have a decent economic relationship as it stands, therefore I doubt that is the reason, a Chinese state company is even partially funding/investing in the Hinkley Point nuclear power station!
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
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Shelter box costs only £495 and is now a worldwide organisation with many boxes forward deployed. However for Nepal they ars not appealing for Shelter Boxes but for Shelter Kits.
A Kit comprises a tarp, hammer, nails, saw, wire, wire cutters and is probably more useful if there is little suitable space for tents.
A Shelter Kit costs just £35. My club has just funded 10 which is addition to our annual provision of a Shelter Box.
Other useful kit it Aqua Box, not sure the cost now.
Another is Life Straws which can turn foul water into drinking water.
A Kit comprises a tarp, hammer, nails, saw, wire, wire cutters and is probably more useful if there is little suitable space for tents.
A Shelter Kit costs just £35. My club has just funded 10 which is addition to our annual provision of a Shelter Box.
Other useful kit it Aqua Box, not sure the cost now.
Another is Life Straws which can turn foul water into drinking water.
As you might expect they are very visible collecting in Helston at the moment (they are based here). Local Tesco has given them a good site inside the store to display a box and its contents, with plenty of pictures, leaflets etc.
Two collecting boxes seem to be doing a good trade
Two collecting boxes seem to be doing a good trade
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