Iceland Volcano Spreading Chaos (Videos)

MensNewsDaily.com ^ | April 16, 2010 | Roger F. Gay

[txhurl]

I guess you could ask whether choppers fly in sandstorms? Does it sieze up the workings?

[xjcsa]

Here's a map of the current ash cloud. What route do you propose to use to get to England?

[RummyChick]

Does anyone know how this will effect military mail???

[Myrddin]

Fly to Paris and rent a car. the route will have to swing further south, so you won't get the nice great circle route over Ireland.

[Ben Mugged]

I'll answer your last question first. I was technical lead on a project with Lockheed Martin (then Loral) to convert an automatic scheduling engine used to deconflict satellite contacts with ground resources to a scheduling engine for airports. Each aircraft is scheduled at a jet port and a late arriving aircraft causes all jet ports to be juggled or aircraft sit on the tarmac waiting for an available gate. This software automatically reschedules all jet ports based on real-time arrival information.

The visual rules would only apply where there is a possibility of plume encounter. This means that the majority of the flight can in fact be done at night. The acceptable plume density an aircraft could safely fly through would need to be determined and an appropriate safety margin established. All doable with current technology.

[Ben Mugged]

There is no density information on this map. In my opinion, only the areas of high density ash need be avoided.

[Ben Mugged]

Are helicopters affected - or do those blades blow the ash away?

Couple of points. First of all helicopters generally fly at low altitude and unless the air is thick with ash would have little effect on helicopter flight.

Second, in desert areas helicopters produce plenty of silica in the air in the form of dust and sand plumes. These do tend to wear the engines out over time but are not catastrophic in nature.

[naturalized]

This seals the deal on global warming.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think this would be a research opportunity if we had any scientists that were not biased....cause I think there really has not been enough research done to answer the question.

I sure wouldn't look to the IPCC crowd to give a straight answer...we already know what they will say...cause they have an agenda.

And there is this...FR Thread:

Senators will unveil climate bill April 26 (CAP AND TAX IS NEXT)

[Ditto]

It has been known to remove the paint from airliners...

Let alone what it does to turbine blades. You might as well throw a couple of buckets of bolts in.

[SaraJohnson]

Poor Iceland. They need this like a hole in the head. They must feel cursed with this disaster coming on top of the economic crash.