Storing fireworks in hangar & G-AZLY
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Storing fireworks in hangar & G-AZLY
Now Colin Furze is fantastic, a national treasure even, don’t get me wrong,
I along with 6,999,999 others love his YouTube antics but would you want him storing 2000+ firework rockets in the same hangar as your pride and joy?
Reims 150 G-AZLY visible along with a yellow & black Zlin and one other at the 1:00 minute mark.
Its inevitable that Colin will go up in smoke one day which is his prerogative of course but I suggest he could reduce the risks to others property.
I along with 6,999,999 others love his YouTube antics but would you want him storing 2000+ firework rockets in the same hangar as your pride and joy?
Reims 150 G-AZLY visible along with a yellow & black Zlin and one other at the 1:00 minute mark.
Its inevitable that Colin will go up in smoke one day which is his prerogative of course but I suggest he could reduce the risks to others property.
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Rather silly idea, one ignition source and it all goes....
The 'Zlin' is actually a Chipmunk Mk23, G-AOTF and looks like it's filmed at Spanhoe....
The 'Zlin' is actually a Chipmunk Mk23, G-AOTF and looks like it's filmed at Spanhoe....
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Not only a silly idea but possibly illegal too. 100+ kg of 1.3G and doubtful if the site has an explosives storage licence; certainly not in the hangar with aircraft.
Hangar owner needs to check more than just his insurance.
Hangar owner needs to check more than just his insurance.
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Agree. There are strict regulations regarding explosives storage, including fireworks. I worked at a shop that sold fireworks during the festive season. We had our own in-store bunker, where the fireworks were kept overnight. And when the fireworks were on display, each batch of each type was in its own metal box (actually a carpenters toolbox - we had about a hundred of them).
During the five or so days that we sold the fireworks, police were in twice a day to check compliance with regulations. Mostly not selling to minors, but the rest too.
During the five or so days that we sold the fireworks, police were in twice a day to check compliance with regulations. Mostly not selling to minors, but the rest too.
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@BackPacker: yes, Dutch regulations on storage and sales of fireworks are very strict. Which did not avoid the Enschede disaster, unfortunately. Still, there is little sense in such strict ruling by one single country: the net effect is that the Dutch come and buy their fireworks in Belgium. And I hear rumours of a new tendency for both Dutch and Belgians to buy them in Germany - where normally everything is super-strictly regulated AND the rules that be are implemented vigourously. Which cannot always be said for Belgium :blush:
@BackPacker: yes, Dutch regulations on storage and sales of fireworks are very strict. Which did not avoid the Enschede disaster, unfortunately. Still, there is little sense in such strict ruling by one single country: the net effect is that the Dutch come and buy their fireworks in Belgium. And I hear rumours of a new tendency for both Dutch and Belgians to buy them in Germany - where normally everything is super-strictly regulated AND the rules that be are implemented vigourously. Which cannot always be said for Belgium :blush:
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Don't European regulations exist for the storage of fireworks?
