blackrose Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 I saw a woman on a narrowboat going past my mooring travelling downstream on the Nene yesterday. I was a bit surprised to see someone moving in contravention of the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Bob Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, blackrose said: I saw a woman on a narrowboat going past my mooring travelling downstream on the Nene yesterday. I was a bit surprised to see someone moving in contravention of the rules. Going for water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Todd Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 19 minutes ago, blackrose said: I saw a woman on a narrowboat going past my mooring travelling downstream on the Nene yesterday. I was a bit surprised to see someone moving in contravention of the rules. What is your evidence that she was contravening the rules? Which rule? (OTOH, there are anecdotal reports oiboats leaving marinas which can almost never be compliant at the moment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 6 boats past in last hour, 3 of which were displaying Nene/Great Ouse registrations. None of the boats are local to this pound. Caveat to us later, we are going for gas, diesel, pumpout and warm the engine up ready for service. We will be returning to the mooring via the nearest winding hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 50 minutes ago, blackrose said: I saw a woman on a narrowboat going past my mooring travelling downstream on the Nene yesterday. I was a bit surprised to see someone moving in contravention of the rules. I thought I was back on Facebook for a minute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Can anyone tell me what this aircraft is up to? It took off from East Midlands Airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 12 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said: Can anyone tell me what this aircraft is up to? It took off from East Midlands Airport. I'd suggest "surveying" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Surveying wot? Is East Anglia breaking away and rejoning the Netherlands? ... and in the middle of a Bank Holiday weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Just now, Machpoint005 said: Surveying wot? Oil ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said: Can anyone tell me what this aircraft is up to? It took off from East Midlands Airport. Selling aerial photographs as keepsakes of individuals enjoying their back gardens under social distancing 2020 style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 26 minutes ago, Machpoint005 said: Can anyone tell me what this aircraft is up to? It took off from East Midlands Airport. What height is it flying at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Mapping for Google maps and the like, and for other aviation reasons. Usually done at overnight when the airways are quiet. 3 minutes ago, Mike the Boilerman said: What height is it flying at? Usually around 2 to 3,000 ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard West Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Operated by RVL aviation, one of their specialties is mapping "RVL provides the aviation expertise for the UK’s leading exponents of aerial photography and mapping." https://rvl-group.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 Other smaller concerns at it too, out of Southend and Liverpool John Lennon airports for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain_S Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 On 09/04/2020 at 17:32, Mike Todd said: (snip) I shall never forget my stats lecturer recounting that, in preparing for the lectures, he reminded himself of the calculations by using two arbitrary sets of data - the gross national product and the import of bananas through Bristol (I think I did say this was some time ago!). he obtained a high correlation between the two data sets and suggested that the way to improve the country's economy, as measured by GNP (as it was) would be to import more bananas through Bristol. Of course there was no a priori reason to believe the proposal and the simple correlation was neither causative nor, probably, even indicative. Fortunately, no future political leader was taking the course at the time otherwise it might have altered the direction of history. It would not be surprising to find a correlation between these two data sets. However, an attempt to increase GDP by increasng imports of bananas would be a classic case of reversing cause and effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Todd Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 33 minutes ago, Iain_S said: It would not be surprising to find a correlation between these two data sets. However, an attempt to increase GDP by increasng imports of bananas would be a classic case of reversing cause and effect. Are you suggesting that an increase in GDP causes an increase in banana imports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain_S Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Mike Todd said: Are you suggesting that an increase in GDP causes an increase in banana imports? It's a hypothesis. Increased GDP =>increased spending power => more demand for "luxury" items. I'd expect a similar correlation between GDP and wine imports, and, indeed, imports of anything we can't produce ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Richard West said: Operated by RVL aviation, one of their specialties is mapping "RVL provides the aviation expertise for the UK’s leading exponents of aerial photography and mapping." https://rvl-group.com/ Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 13, 2020 Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 On 11/04/2020 at 11:30, Machpoint005 said: Can anyone tell me what this aircraft is up to? It took off from East Midlands Airport. The same as this one : It is understood that the aircraft was carrying out an aerial survey, but the reason for the survey is not clear. It flew across from Notinghamshire to North Wales on Monday and carried out its work over the area before returning back to base. https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/mystery-plane-carves-strange-flight-18085189 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 They are crop circle planes, you wait till summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilgePump Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 Send those plane flight path pics to your David Icke conspiracy loons. They'll mix them in with a smattering of mentions of Nazca lines and declare the Anunnaki to be down a Welsh slate mine, controlling the spread of coronavirus through 5G and nanotechnology. It's simples sheeple. Wake up and see the evidence! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 Its back again to day : Today, it was back, having taken off at Loughborough this morning, and is flying at around 5,000 feet. It is now flying south to north from around Llyln Llydaw up to the coast around Llanfairfechan, moving eastwards on each loop. It is understood that the Beech 200T is carrying out an aerial survey, but the reason for the survey is not clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momac Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said: It is understood that the Beech 200T is carrying out an aerial survey, but the reason for the survey is not clear. https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-government/products/mastermap-imagery-layer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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