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Forum: Rumours & News
8th Sep 2010, 13:26
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Well I suppose we might get to know about the...

Well I suppose we might get to know about the huge pile of damaged jet engines resulting from the decision to fly through non-zero levels of ash, reports of which remain absent from this site...
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Forum: Rumours & News
29th May 2010, 16:31
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

The calculation may be elementary, but (as ever)...

The calculation may be elementary, but (as ever) the devil is in the inputs.


On your item 4, you seem to have taken pCatastrophe = pIFSD - this isn't correct. Ok, you mention dead-stick...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2010, 14:49
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Appreciate your knowledge on turbine blades, do...

Appreciate your knowledge on turbine blades, do you know how many there are on a Piper, or a microlight, or a glider ? Those folks running the regulator probably don't - in fact some are on record...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2010, 22:47
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

This looks to be an official note on the incident...

This looks to be an official note on the incident - I think someone already posted it ealier:

CEN10RA135 (http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief2.asp?ev_id=20100302X25146&ntsbno=CEN10RA135&akey=1) Note...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2010, 17:13
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

How much damage has this one actually done ? So...

How much damage has this one actually done ? So far no one seems to have any confirmed damage.

Or do you mean that the response to the ash cloud was far more damaging (to the tune of a couple of...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2010, 13:01
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Liability will lie whereever the lawyers get the...

Liability will lie whereever the lawyers get the courts to decide it does - as per usual. If I was an ambulance chaser of this type, I'd be far more excited about pitot tubes, and birds.

Where...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th May 2010, 09:42
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Explanations in the press now: The ash cloud...

Explanations in the press now:

The ash cloud that never was: Inaccurate Met Office forecast causes airport chaos for 50,000 | Mail Online...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2010, 11:29
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

The magic 2000 itself has a safety margin over...

The magic 2000 itself has a safety margin over what the mfrs. provided as a figure. There is also a buffer zone around the predicted 2000 concentration zone as a further safety margin.



That's...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2010, 11:08
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

All of which is valid but misses the point. The...

All of which is valid but misses the point. The DC-8 hit ash that wasn't visible (wrapped in ice/cloud or whatever) and wasn't forecast to be there. NO airspace closure regime, including the...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Apr 2010, 21:28
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

If we'd had the foresight to ask folks in areas...

If we'd had the foresight to ask folks in areas where volcanoes are common, we'd have found different rules to what was applied in europe. Or maybe everywhere else is just unsafe and we know best,...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Apr 2010, 13:25
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Your math looks ok but i think the starting...

Your math looks ok but i think the starting numbers are out. Could be a misprint in the exponent (eg. e-6 vs e-16) or units - cubic cm / cubic M / cubic mm would all make rather a lot of difference....
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2010, 22:21
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Yes there is, because the policy was changed from...

Yes there is, because the policy was changed from "no fly" to "fly" while the ash cloud was still there. Apparently even on the previous "zero tolerance" measures the asirspace would be open now,...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2010, 15:15
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

MOL steps up...

From BBC News - Ash cloud chaos: Airlines face huge task as ban ends (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8633892.stm)

Here's your 50p back, good luck hitching to Calais...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2010, 14:55
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

With interesting line being: "There was no...

With interesting line being: "There was no damage and no ash was found in engines."

Another interesting snippet from bbc ( BBC News - Volcano cloud as it happens: 21 April...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2010, 10:21
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Increasing disagreements between model and actual...

Increasing disagreements between model and actual sat imagery. Different affected area maps from Met Office and Eurocontrol (at least one of them has to have been wrong). More info / rumour to this...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2010, 10:04
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,591,088
Posted By infrequentflyer789

Personally, I'd rather have the pilots looking...

Personally, I'd rather have the pilots looking where the storm cells actually are than relying on some "forecast" from a bureaucrat. Particularly if the forecast is from a computer model at the...
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