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[jetblast787]

5.3-4.9 there waas a layer of dust

the going down at heathrow now

[oly]

Just saw a large jet come over fairly low seemed to be going into land somewhere.

[jetblast787]

QTR1 on the waves

[Jetset]

On the scope.

[jetblast787]

I''m just wondering where TCX71L thinks its going. gatwick is the opposite way mate!

[bigflyersmallbyer]

oly, on Apr 20 2010, 09:59 PM, said:

Just saw a large jet come over fairly low seemed to be going into land somewhere.

If this was before the ash cloud thing , we'd all have made a fool out of you by now!

It's quite exciting seeing a plane after so long!

[Niick]

NATs don't like CAA anymore.

[jetblast787]

Niick, on Apr 20 2010, 10:26 PM, said:

NATs don't like CAA anymore.

I can imagine them starting a poking war on fb soon

'The waves are alive with the sound of chatter!', sing with me y'all!


BAW138 just went through the layer of cloud everyones reporting, although no effects were seen

Edited by iranair787, 20 April 2010 - 04:29 PM.

[vatsimflyer]

we have just done our first one from KMCO into EGPF tomorrow..

operating as the VIR72 leaving in 30 mins...let the mayhem begin!!!

I don't think I have ever seen such emotion in the office when they opened up the airspace

and I never seen the phones go so crazy and people running like looneys...

Shame its my last shift and im on days off tomorrow

Edited by vatsimflyer, 20 April 2010 - 04:37 PM.

[Danny-B]

Heard what I presume to be the BA flight go into EGLL, It sure was nice to hear the aircraft.

[jetblast787]

dannyman1995, on Apr 20 2010, 10:43 PM, said:

Heard what I presume to be the BA flight go into EGLL, It sure was nice to hear the aircraft.

about 10 have landed with quite a few more en route

[Jetset]

I just heard  controller say there are about another 26 BA aircraft coming into EGLL and he doesn't know about others.

Edited by Jetset, 20 April 2010 - 04:46 PM.

[oly]

bigflyersmallbyer, on Apr 20 2010, 05:20 PM, said:

oly, on Apr 20 2010, 09:59 PM, said:

Just saw a large jet come over fairly low seemed to be going into land somewhere.

If this was before the ash cloud thing , we'd all have made a fool out of you by now!

It's quite exciting seeing a plane after so long!

haha yer would seem silly if it was before , just found out on the news it was a BA flight from Vancouver.

[THBatMan8]

Falcon01, on Apr 19 2010, 10:58 PM, said:

iranair787, on Apr 19 2010, 11:15 AM, said:

if planes fly with pax now i won't be worried at all. there will be indications before a engine packs up cause of the ash as there is less of it in the air than what went through BA9. and even if there is an emergency, there are many airports within 50nm in either direction, definitely enough of a glide if needs be

50 miles is a long way when you have no engine power

That's more than enough depending on the planes altitude. The 747-400 (for example) has a 17:1 glide ratio, meaning for every 1 foot of altitude loss the plane can move forward 17 feet without dropping airspeed.

[vatsimflyer]

quote from tonights eurocontrol operators briefing at 00:30Z

Between cfmu and Omanir...

Fits of laugher was to be had around the ops desks

"Hello is Omanair flight dispatch"

"hello Omanair, go ahead with your question"

"Yes, Heathrow whats happening "

"Its open with flow restrictions"

"Ok from what time"

"Like I said, its open"

"Ok is open at 0900 tomorrow?"

"Like i said, its open"

"Ok so we can land at Heathrow"

"Like I said its open as normal, but with restrictions"

"Ok so we can file IFR"

"Like Ive said 4 times, its open as normal"

Edited by vatsimflyer, 20 April 2010 - 08:03 PM.

[Fate01_VUSAFS]

vatsimflyer, on Apr 20 2010, 08:57 PM, said:

quote from tonights eurocontrol operators briefing at 00:30Z

Between cfmu and Omanir...

Fits of laugher was to be had around the ops desks

"Hello is Omanair flight dispatch"

"hello Omanair, go ahead with your question"

"Yes, Heathrow whats happening "

"Its open with flow restrictions"

"Ok from what time"

"Like I said, its open"

"Ok is open at 0900 tomorrow?"

"Like i said, its open"

"Ok so we can land at Heathrow"

"Like I said its open as normal, but with restrictions"

"Ok so we can file IFR"

"Like Ive said 4 times, its open as normal"

"Good morning, sir. I am calling from Internet Service Providings. Would you be interested in switching your internet service providings to a provider that provides a better service of internet service providings than your current provider"

Edited by Falcon01, 20 April 2010 - 08:11 PM.

[vatsimflyer]

Well hold your horses..

I cant remember the full conversation, but the yanks where Just as bad with Frankfurt

"hello United Airlines here "

"Go ahead, United"

"We have a question about Germany, whats happening please"

"All Germanys open but only landing vfr traffic"

"Ok so we cant file IFR then ?"

"No just VFR, so you will have to file IFR to VFR "

"ok so we file IFR to VFR when entering the german FIR"

"thats correct the whole of germany is landing VFR per notam XXX"

"Ok thankyou so we use Notam XXX"

"Correct,Next Question"




"hello its American Airlines"

"hello American, go ahead"

"what about munich please"

Edited by vatsimflyer, 20 April 2010 - 08:25 PM.

[Alaska_MD-83]

Silly geese, now you know how Los Angeles feels every october when our hills catch fire and screw over LAX for two weeks at a time.

[tropicalfish]

http://www.flightglo...assess-ash.html
http://www.flightglo...est-flight.html

[Cactus]

Max., on Apr 20 2010, 03:04 PM, said:

Duke, on Apr 20 2010, 08:01 PM, said:

Tucker., on Apr 20 2010, 02:49 PM, said:

G-BYGC B744 BA124 (BAH) eta 19.12 div to BRU
G-YMMS B777 BA218/BAW17V (DEN) eta 19.33 div to SNN
G-BNWC B763 BA102 (YYC) eta 19.41 div to CDG
G-VIIG B777 BA194 (IAH) eta 19.47 div to NCE
G-CIVO B744 BA246 (GRU) eta 20.00 div to BCN
G-VIIL B777 BA142 (DEL) eta 20.00 div to BRU
G-ZZZB B777 BA072 (AUH) eta 20.17 div to ATH

So far.

Wow. What a complete mess. Would have been better off staying where they were.

Not that bad for pax though, as long as they can get to a northern European port they cant get back to Britain.

Disagree with you mate, the ferrys and trains are quite booked up really. SNN might not be bad but ATH, BCN, or NCE aren't really convenient at all.