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Was just thinking
while I drove into town this afternoon, 65 years is a drop in the bucket for a natural phenomenon like a volcano; I wonder what effect it would have had on 8th AF activities if this had happened mid-1944?
As for the Luftwaffe, as if their fledgeling jets weren't having enough problems...
I can imagineIIRC Mt Etna did erupt in 1943/44 not sure of the exact year but it did ground a lot of planes in Italy I can remember a photo of ground crew sweeping ash from the wings of B25s
and about time too, young manIt has actually been noticeably quieter here today, and apparently the are around where I used to live (Richmond/Twickenham/Esher) has been beautifully peaceful, all due to the suspension of flights from Heathrow. On the downside, supermarkets are starting to run out of more 'exotic' fruit and veg because there is obviously no air freight into the country. I had heard reports that some ash was coming to ground in the far north of Scotland, but as I understand it, there wont be any chunks of rock or even visible matter falling from the skies any time soon...
What parts of Alaska are you going to visit?
PS, no probs Adler. I never thought of this as 'off-topic', to me that is movies and women etc, not planes
It has actually been noticeably quieter here today, and apparently the are around where I used to live (Richmond/Twickenham/Esher) has been beautifully peaceful, all due to the suspension of flights from Heathrow. On the downside, supermarkets are starting to run out of more 'exotic' fruit and veg because there is obviously no air freight into the country. I had heard reports that some ash was coming to ground in the far north of Scotland, but as I understand it, there wont be any chunks of rock or even visible matter falling from the skies any time soon...
I would imagine someone has already figured out they need to route all shipping and produce via boat/train. I wouldn't expect the local economy to be impacted too severely. The airline industry, however, is gonna hemorrhage.
.. I guess you chefs need mange-tout or asparagus from Guatemala ..but the rest of us could no doubt go without quite easily..
AF have announced that they are re-starting long-haul flights to JFK, FDF, HKG, DXB and DKR (among other destinations) tomorrow from airports in south-west France (TLS, BOD. PUF and PGF) eg
Just tell 'em its locally produced, free-range, organic, happy meat that has done zero food-miles and slap a tenner on the price mate, thats what the supermarkets do!