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Old April 15th 10, 11:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Andreas Maurer
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ladies and gents,

a question came to my mind:
Are gliders (and towplanes) also affected by the UK airspace closures
due to the volcanic ashes?


Cheers
Andreas
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Old April 16th 10, 12:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jip
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"Andreas Maurer" wrote in message
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ladies and gents,

a question came to my mind:
Are gliders (and towplanes) also affected by the UK airspace closures
due to the volcanic ashes?


Cheers
Andreas


Eh... FIR is closed for IFR and VFR traffic SFC up to FL245.
Looks that even de birds are grounded ;-)


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Old April 16th 10, 01:58 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Martin Gregorie[_5_]
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:38:12 +0200, Jip wrote:

"Andreas Maurer" wrote in message
...
ladies and gents,

a question came to my mind:
Are gliders (and towplanes) also affected by the UK airspace closures
due to the volcanic ashes?


Cheers
Andreas


Eh... FIR is closed for IFR and VFR traffic SFC up to FL245. Looks that
even de birds are grounded ;-)


Not quite: H0927/10 has closed EGTT (London) FIR completely to IFR SFC to
FL 195 until 16/04/2010 12:00 but says that:

"VFR OPR SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND MUST ASSURE THEMSELVES THAT
THEIR INTENDED FLIGHT CAN BE CONDUCTED IN A SAFE MANNER BEFORE FLYING.
THEY SHOULD NOTE THAT ATSOCAS CAPACITY MAY BE SEVERELY LIMITED DURING THE
PERIOD."


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Old April 16th 10, 07:27 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jip
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"Martin Gregorie" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:38:12 +0200, Jip wrote:

"Andreas Maurer" wrote in message
...
ladies and gents,

a question came to my mind:
Are gliders (and towplanes) also affected by the UK airspace closures
due to the volcanic ashes?


Cheers
Andreas


Eh... FIR is closed for IFR and VFR traffic SFC up to FL245. Looks that
even de birds are grounded ;-)


Not quite:


You are right!
I was refering to the Dutch FIR.
That's were I live.
Most of the Dutch think that the world ends at the Dutch border ;-)


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Old April 16th 10, 08:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 08:18:38 +0100, Tim Newport-Peace wrote:

Flying at Lasham Yesterday...


Could this be an opportunity for a goal flight into Heathrow?
Perhaps with an aerotow retrieve?
Or maybe just the ultimate wave window over the UK?

Have fun ;-)

Ian
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Old April 17th 10, 01:09 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Apr 15, 6:23*pm, Andreas Maurer wrote:
ladies and gents,

a question came to my mind:
Are gliders (and towplanes) also affected by the UK airspace closures
due to the volcanic ashes?

Cheers
Andreas


I didn't hear anybody complaining when Mt St. Helens went ballistics
years ago!
I was working out of Lumby BC Canada with a Bell 214-B1 at the time.
We were grounded because of all of the ash in the air. Very
detrimental to a turbo-shaft engine and those big rotor blades (all
engine of course and props/rotor blades) - compressor/turbine
erosion. It took several compressor washes to clear the turbine/bleed
band even after it was all clear to fly. You ever had a heavy lift
helicopter swap ends on you because of a compressor stall? I have.
The trains that came through Lumby were loaded with the ash and I
still have a baby food jar with some.
The BBC is reporting that this will halt "GLOBAL WARMING" for a while.
"GLOBAL WARMING" my dying *ss!!!!!
Europe, quit your bitching and grow up. It's a planet and you can't
control it and neither can Al "the global warming, Nobel prize winning
liar" Gore! And, oh by the way, it's not Icelands fault.

Give me another rum and I'll tell you what I really think.

With great regards,
Jim
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Old April 17th 10, 08:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
JS
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Enough whining, lets see opportunities taken. How about this one:
A Stemme pilot posted a video of thermaling over the runways at
Frankfurt, not normally possible.
Jim

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17clkkKyIwc
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Old April 19th 10, 05:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
cernauta
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:50:17 -0700 (PDT), x9jep
wrote:

In Denmark, everything including the Laundry is grounded....

And that in a weekend with a cold northern airmass = lots of Cu and
thermals.... *sigh*


The same in Northern Italy!
The airspace is closed, from the surface. :-(

Neighboring nations seem quite happy to fly VFR, and enjoy vast
regions of unused airspace.
See the OLC-Alps: 9 flights over 700km, on saturday.
No flights originating from the Italian territory.

Aldo Cernezzi

 




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