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Title: The cat did it
Post by: Dave W on April 23, 2010, 04:37:32 PM

How to name a volcano (http://theoatmeal.com/comics/volcano_name)  :)

Title: Re: The cat did it
Post by: Chris P. on April 24, 2010, 04:25:45 AM

Utterly brilliant!

I saw an item on Dutch tv. The edited news readers from all over the world together, pronouncing the volcano in different ways:)

Title: Re: The cat did it
Post by: Highlander on April 24, 2010, 01:41:30 PM

We had a clear blue sky patch over London this week, the when they gave the all clear, I noticed all the cloud I could see in the sky that morning was in straight lines, these became wider and more sky filling as more and more aircraft went over...

By mid afternoon we had major cloud cover...

Global warming...?  Bah... Humbug...

Title: Re: The cat did it
Post by: Pilgrim on April 24, 2010, 03:00:09 PM

About that volcano and the ash....I was one of those living in Washington state when Mt. St. Helens blew in 1980.  That ash is VERY nasty stuff.  Flying a jet engine through it would be about the same as flying through a cloud of emery dust which would then attack every moving surface.  I would not want to be in a jet that flew through an ash cloud of any density - nor would I want to pay for the repairs even if the engines didn't have problems in the short term.

Title: Re: The cat did it
Post by: Highlander on April 25, 2010, 08:44:14 AM

An eruption in the Phillipines in 1991 caused a problem for this DC10, which fell over...
(http://pubs.usgs.gov/pinatubo/casa/fig6.jpg)

a link showing a damaged turbine...
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/vaac/typical%20damage.htm (http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/vaac/typical%20damage.htm)

Title: Re: The cat did it
Post by: uwe on April 26, 2010, 02:52:01 AM

While airlines were moaning in Europe about the forced grounding, NATO did send up an F-16 which hit an ash cloud and got back severely damaged. The brass felt motivated to say that the grounding for civil aircraft was well-founded.

Title: Re: The cat did it
Post by: Highlander on April 27, 2010, 11:11:16 AM

Finnish Air Force, iirc

Title: Re: The cat did it
Post by: Barklessdog on April 27, 2010, 11:32:42 AM

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NATO did send up an F-16 which hit an ash cloud and got back severely damaged.

I read somewhere that F-16's are the reputation of Starfighters (not quite that bad). Pretty much a fair weather fighter. Single engine does not help either. They are not known for they're gliding abilities.

Title: Re: The cat did it
Post by: Highlander on April 27, 2010, 12:14:26 PM

Mind you, John, there are not many modern "unstables" that can...  ;)

I guess they're like bumble-bees...