Silent Skies....

[matty40s]

What bliss, came home to clear skies, not a plane to be seen, everything else is louder.

 

.......and with all that dust up there, can't wait for the sunset tonight.........

[journeyperson]

What bliss, came home to clear skies, not a plane to be seen, everything else is louder.

 

.......and with all that dust up there, can't wait for the sunset tonight.........

 

It's rather surreal and I wonder whether it will be seen as an over-reaction in retrospect. I would have thought that prop driven aircraft which cruise at lower altitudes could still fly. Will there be conspiracy theories about the real reason no aircraft flew today?

[Biggles]

Will there be conspiracy theories about the real reason no aircraft flew today?

 

I had the same thought.

 

Biggles

[alan_fincher]

What bliss, came home to clear skies, not a plane to be seen, everything else is louder.

With advanced warning I might have planned a (for once) quiet night at Brentford!

[jake_crew]

8-15 pm.

 

Nothing unusual about the sunset so far here in Herts.

 

I LOVE a good conspiracy. Does this 'ere volcano count as a "grassy knoll" ?

[ditchcrawler]

It's rather surreal and I wonder whether it will be seen as an over-reaction in retrospect. I would have thought that prop driven aircraft which cruise at lower altitudes could still fly. Will there be conspiracy theories about the real reason no aircraft flew today?

They even grounded the Air Ambulance

[Guest wanted]

With advanced warning I might have planned a (for once) quiet night at Brentford!

 

It has indeed been a quiet evening here in Brenford, which makes up for the noisey day of warehouse demolition!

[Québec]

It's rather surreal and I wonder whether it will be seen as an over-reaction in retrospect. I would have thought that prop driven aircraft which cruise at lower altitudes could still fly. Will there be conspiracy theories about the real reason no aircraft flew today?

There is a risk, but it does seem to be classic case of total risk-averseness i.e. if there's the slightest risk then the whole system is shut down.

 

Listening to the news and explanations this afternoon I picked up:

 

a) there have been c. 80 recorded episodes of planes flying into volcanic ash, and there have been total but temporary engine failures but, thankfully, no disasters.

b.) a research plane is being sent up to collect particles (not clear whether it was it was being controlled remotely or not....I suspect not) which means it IS possible to fly......just not to risk of hundreds of passengers' lives.

[Biggles]

They even grounded the Air Ambulance

 

 

Why the hell?? that won't be flying at or through 20,000 feet where the problem was said to be.

 

Biggles

[matty40s]

I've just been up top for some ariel orientation!!

 

every star is a real star, there are no blinking lights(except for Sirius) or moving sparkles, except for the shooter a few minutes ago. look out for satellites tonight.

 

I havn't seen skies like this that I remember, ............I suppose this was normality until the Wright Bros intervened.

[casper ghost]

Yep, didn't see any planes over Bridgnorth today, or yesterday or the day before...

I say keep the ban in place, who needs to fly, i've never flown.. Although my brother may have trouble getting home from Budapest tomorrow..

[Québec]

Why the hell?? that won't be flying at or through 20,000 feet where the problem was said to be.

 

Biggles

 

I heard that it was up at 55,000 feet, which is why we can't see it from ground level.

[Guest wanted]

Well, I'm not going to risk it.....

 

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society...;-201004152642/

Edited April 15, 2010 by wanted

[soldthehouse]

I had the same thought.

 

Biggles

The generally accepted reason was a clear airspace of 5000 suare kilometeres over Britain was required for extra "terrestrial goings on" and a glut of alien immigrants is to be expected.

[casper ghost]

It's because they heard I was selling some stuff on ebay and wanted the airways clear for all the bids...

[soldthehouse]

It's because they heard I was selling some stuff on ebay and wanted the airways clear for all the bids...

Is that bids or birds

[casper ghost]

Is that bids or birds

You mean the lack of bids is now down to the birds... how can I ground all the birds..

[soldthehouse]

You mean the lack of bids is now down to the birds... how can I ground all the birds..

Your faith in my ability to answer questions in all areas is very flattering but grounding birds to increase your ebay bids has stretched my resources too far

[casper ghost]

Your faith in my ability to answer questions in all areas is very flattering but grounding birds to increase your ebay bids has stretched my resources too far

I ask for one little thing and you can't even help...

[soldthehouse]

I ask for one little thing and you can't even help...

I will slap myself with a large wet fish.

[RLWP]

Excellent.

 

Richard

[soldthehouse]

Excellent.

 

Richard

[Derek R.]

The generally accepted reason was a clear airspace of 5000 suare kilometeres over Britain was required for extra "terrestrial goings on" and a glut of alien immigrants is to be expected.

 

Of course, military will still be flying no doubt, though we may not be bombed with more chemicals for the time being, and as more Solar radiation will seep through the reduced particulates, we may enjoy a warmer Spring, though there are a multitude of factors that control the Earths climate and over 95% are natural - like volcanoes erupting.

 

A few weeks a go, my wife who works for the RSPCA, came home with a report that a flock of Starlings had fallen from the sky - seventy odd, all dead. All at the same time in the same location. The Telegraph reported it HERE stating that it was though they had confused a gravel drive for a patch of reeds. Elsewhere in the text, it is stated they "fell dead", so clearly some confusion somewhere. If such an incident was the result of either deliberate or accidental use of satellite based weaponry, would we seriously expect to hear the truth?

 

Ash in the air - planes not allowed to fly - what's up Doc?

 

Derek

 

Excellent.

 

Richard

 

Teddington Lock - and Tough's in the background before the flats were built?

 

One of their better sketches

[journeyperson]

Ash in the air - planes not allowed to fly - what's up Doc?

 

Derek

 

Think of the carbon savings. This isn't just the reduction in flights that the ecologists have been calling for, it is a complete cessation. If only we could get the planet to be more responsible and reduce its carbon emissions.

[mayalld]

Think of the carbon savings. This isn't just the reduction in flights that the ecologists have been calling for, it is a complete cessation. If only we could get the planet to be more responsible and reduce its carbon emissions.

 

It would make no difference