Re: Flight cancelled

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From: Geoff Lock
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:13

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On 23/06/2011 4:28 AM, DonH wrote:
> "Geoff Lock"<glock@home>  wrote in message
> news:4e01716a$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>> On 22/06/2011 4:20 AM, DonH wrote:

>>>     If volcanic ash clouds are to become a regular thing, then the airline
>>> which designs an ash-proof plane will scoop the field.  Ash filters?
>>> Rocket
>>> propulsion?
>>
>> Plus flying at different heights? Blimps? Catapaults? Flocks of large
>> African swallows? :)
>
> # There was a retired BOAC captain on (the) 7.30 (Report) last night,
> recalling how his plane flew through an ash cloud over Indonesia, where all
> four engines failed.

Saw that same interview.

>     It seems Indonesia has lots of volcanoes, many active, so ash clouds are
> common.  Presumably, flights can go above, around, or below - or through, if
> not too dense?

If it is light ash, yes, a plane could fly thru.

>     "Man conquers Nature!" or can ignore it, is the assumption of AGW
> Sceptics and Deniers, yet a little thing, like an ash cloud, grounds the
> mighty jumbo jet.
>     Can aeronautical engineers design an ash-proof jumbo?

Probably given the relatively rare occurences of ash clouds which ground 
planes do you think they would bother?

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