European Weather - 'Snow' Joke!
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Bolkow,
To expand on Fifdors reply. All our a/c have Tanis heaters, long as you cover up with engine covers and blade covers every night, no probs, one plug in does it all. I'm on a remote drill camp right now with a B2, and no hangar. I know I will get a start in the morning, and it forecast -30C tonite. All our fuel comes with anti-ice additive so with AS350 as per POH, can operate up to -40C, and we often do. Our Bell's with airframe filters with anti-ice additive in fuel can go to (I think IIRC, been a couple years since on one) -57C. Flew 6hrs today on a longline at -20C and the old B2 was just purring away at these temps. And gotta love the Eurocopter heaters, Mmm Mmm, felt sorry for guys on ground, when I was in me shirt sleeves...
As for cars,trucks etc, most vehciles have block heaters, so you just plug her in at night, Voila. And most provences have the snow tyre laws....suprising what a good set of snow tyres will do, even if not 4x4.I love the winters in Canada, (being an expat Brit,thought I would hate it), best time of year for drills, exploration etc, the guys on ground can actually get around, instead of the Boreal forest swamp in summer.
It must be costing the Mother country a fortune, because of a little snow. Shame really, maybe you guys need to call Canuck land for some advice...
......Drive safely and fly safely in Blighty boys, it is just another ops normal day in Canuckland........
To expand on Fifdors reply. All our a/c have Tanis heaters, long as you cover up with engine covers and blade covers every night, no probs, one plug in does it all. I'm on a remote drill camp right now with a B2, and no hangar. I know I will get a start in the morning, and it forecast -30C tonite. All our fuel comes with anti-ice additive so with AS350 as per POH, can operate up to -40C, and we often do. Our Bell's with airframe filters with anti-ice additive in fuel can go to (I think IIRC, been a couple years since on one) -57C. Flew 6hrs today on a longline at -20C and the old B2 was just purring away at these temps. And gotta love the Eurocopter heaters, Mmm Mmm, felt sorry for guys on ground, when I was in me shirt sleeves...
As for cars,trucks etc, most vehciles have block heaters, so you just plug her in at night, Voila. And most provences have the snow tyre laws....suprising what a good set of snow tyres will do, even if not 4x4.I love the winters in Canada, (being an expat Brit,thought I would hate it), best time of year for drills, exploration etc, the guys on ground can actually get around, instead of the Boreal forest swamp in summer.
It must be costing the Mother country a fortune, because of a little snow. Shame really, maybe you guys need to call Canuck land for some advice...
......Drive safely and fly safely in Blighty boys, it is just another ops normal day in Canuckland........
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Yeah but I bet your a/c is in a hangar, and ya haven't been living in tent city for 5 weeks........ Oh and winters are REALLY long here..... Oh I forgot to mention, my engineer is outside now doing his second 100hr in a week at -30C....These boys are hardcore, although I got him a shot of Bushmills ready to go, when he finish;s.....
Oh and winters are REALLY long here..... Oh I forgot to mention, my engineer is outside now doing his second 100hr in a week at -30C....These boys are hardcore, although I got him a shot of Bushmills ready to go, when he finish;s.....
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Great image Earl, did that come from from this site?
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Top of the morning (though I suppose it must be evening now in Aus) to you!
The image was sourced from the University of Dundee but, could not support a hotlink so I had to host it elsewhere but, thanks for the NASA link - great images and will surely use this site in times ahead!
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Top of the morning (though I suppose it must be evening now in Aus) to you!
The image was sourced from the University of Dundee but, could not support a hotlink so I had to host it elsewhere but, thanks for the NASA link - great images and will surely use this site in times ahead!
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Don't think you have travelled much in your adopted country, some cities out West grind to a halt with only a dusting of snow.
No comment on flying at 30 below in your shirt sleeves!
Don't think you have travelled much in your adopted country, some cities out West grind to a halt with only a dusting of snow.
No comment on flying at 30 below in your shirt sleeves!
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Mmmm...Tynecastle,
I think you will find, I have flown on ops in every province in Canada, including Baffin, High artic etc, re fires, exploration,siesmic, ya di ya, so I think I know what you talk about, Re Vancouver, Victoria, and of course going east, Toronto.You will also know if you are Canadian, that it is a standing joke amongst Canadians from all but, that winter in these places is a laugh.....yes I agree 2inches of snow and Toronto call in the Mil. But these places are exceptions.......As for flying in shirt sleeves, did it today at -28C, ie 2xthermal vests, 2xfleece shirts, and fleece hoody . Not full on winter gear we wear to get out and refuel. Just enough, that if you go down, you will not freeze. That to me is shirt sleeves, and I stand by my comment, Eurocopter heaters are awesome.... But then again with a name like Tynecastle, I suspect Newcastle......so hey, what would you know of winter ops in the James Bay lowlands....
I think you will find, I have flown on ops in every province in Canada, including Baffin, High artic etc, re fires, exploration,siesmic, ya di ya, so I think I know what you talk about, Re Vancouver, Victoria, and of course going east, Toronto.You will also know if you are Canadian, that it is a standing joke amongst Canadians from all but, that winter in these places is a laugh.....yes I agree 2inches of snow and Toronto call in the Mil. But these places are exceptions.......As for flying in shirt sleeves, did it today at -28C, ie 2xthermal vests, 2xfleece shirts, and fleece hoody . Not full on winter gear we wear to get out and refuel. Just enough, that if you go down, you will not freeze. That to me is shirt sleeves, and I stand by my comment, Eurocopter heaters are awesome....
But then again with a name like Tynecastle, I suspect Newcastle......so hey, what would you know of winter ops in the James Bay lowlands....
Tynecastle is indeed in Edinburgh, but if you're from Newcastle you don't need thermals and fleece hoodies for -28deg, a stained t-shirt with a packet of tabs tucked up inside one arm is all you need...
Droopy, that`s just the girls ,innit ?
Just add white stilletos for the female winter gear
Serbians saved by Gazelle-delivered supplies
A Bosnian registered Gazelle helicopter delivers Red Cross supplies to snow-stricken villagers
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Rescue helicopters evacuated dozens of people from snow-blocked villages in Serbia and Bosnia and air-lifted in emergency food and medicine as a severe cold spell kept Eastern Europe in its icy grip.
The death toll from the cold rose to 83 on Wednesday and emergency crews worked overtime as temperatures sank to minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5 F) in some areas.
Parts of the Black Sea froze near the Romanian coastline and the rare snow fell on Croatian islands in the Adriatic Sea. In Bulgaria, 16 towns recorded their lowest temperatures since records started 100 years ago as four more people were reported dead from hypothermia.
In central Serbia, choppers pulled out 12 people, including nine who went to a funeral but then could not get back over icy, snow-choked roads. Two more people froze to death in the snow and two others are missing, bringing that nation's death toll to five.
"The situation is dramatic, the snow is up to five meters (16 1/2 feet) high in some areas, you can only see rooftops," said Dr. Milorad Dramacanin, who participated in the helicopter evacuations.
One of the evacuees was an elderly woman who had fallen into a coma. She survived after being airlifted to a hospital.
Two helicopters were also used Wednesday to rescue people and supply remote villages in northern Bosnia.
"We are trying to get through to several small villages, with each just a few elderly residents," said Bosnian rescue official Milimir Doder. "All together some 200-300 people are cut off. We are supplying them for the second day with food and medication."
In the small Bosnian hamlet of Han Kran on Mt. Romanija, villagers waited for a helicopter at a flat spot which they cleared of snow to allow it to land.
"We are barely coping. I live on my own — it is a real struggle," said Radenka Jeftovic, an elderly woman wrapped in woolen scarfs and hugging a food package she received.
Helicopters rescue Europeans stranded by snow - Yahoo! News
A Bosnian registered Gazelle helicopter delivers Red Cross supplies to snow-stricken villagers
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Rescue helicopters evacuated dozens of people from snow-blocked villages in Serbia and Bosnia and air-lifted in emergency food and medicine as a severe cold spell kept Eastern Europe in its icy grip.
The death toll from the cold rose to 83 on Wednesday and emergency crews worked overtime as temperatures sank to minus 32.5 C (minus 26.5 F) in some areas.
Parts of the Black Sea froze near the Romanian coastline and the rare snow fell on Croatian islands in the Adriatic Sea. In Bulgaria, 16 towns recorded their lowest temperatures since records started 100 years ago as four more people were reported dead from hypothermia.
In central Serbia, choppers pulled out 12 people, including nine who went to a funeral but then could not get back over icy, snow-choked roads. Two more people froze to death in the snow and two others are missing, bringing that nation's death toll to five.
"The situation is dramatic, the snow is up to five meters (16 1/2 feet) high in some areas, you can only see rooftops," said Dr. Milorad Dramacanin, who participated in the helicopter evacuations.
One of the evacuees was an elderly woman who had fallen into a coma. She survived after being airlifted to a hospital.
Two helicopters were also used Wednesday to rescue people and supply remote villages in northern Bosnia.
"We are trying to get through to several small villages, with each just a few elderly residents," said Bosnian rescue official Milimir Doder. "All together some 200-300 people are cut off. We are supplying them for the second day with food and medication."
In the small Bosnian hamlet of Han Kran on Mt. Romanija, villagers waited for a helicopter at a flat spot which they cleared of snow to allow it to land.
"We are barely coping. I live on my own — it is a real struggle," said Radenka Jeftovic, an elderly woman wrapped in woolen scarfs and hugging a food package she received.
I cannot believe this thread. I live under the Bridge of Don reporting point and we have just had two beautiful days. A chilly wind but no precipitaion and super visibility.
In my day we used to do our en-route met forcasts driving in to work.
In my day we used to do our en-route met forcasts driving in to work.
