Volcanic Eruption

[Xplumberlives]

Restriction extended until 01.00 saturday morning!

[Mayfly]

you've obviously got the same news on as me

[Xplumberlives]

NSS!


BBC news, mainly because of that blouse!

[Mayfly]

yeah - Charlie looks good in it!!!!

[Xplumberlives]

He might but I MUCH prefer Susanah Reid!

[Dickon]

Do these restrictions apply to light aircraft/choppers aswell ?

[Mags]

I heard yesterday that light aircraft were ok to operate below 5000ft but can't find any confirmation of this.

[Hihonyr8811]

I've read (probably of fighter control forum) that they can fly, but are being advised not to, as a small amount of the ash is begining to fall now at low lvels.

[Mayfly]

As its NATS that's closed the airports & not CAA I would assume they can. Didn't Nick mention somewhere that there were some buzzing around his neck of the woods!!

[Hihonyr8811]

There were one or two flying over here yesterday (none so far today), but I definitely read that air traffic were advising light aircraft to only fly if they have to.
I know LNAA were still able to fly in an emergency.

[Mags]

Plenty planes out at both local flying schools today - just checked the webcams - looks like they're ignoring the advice!

[Wedgy]

Some good snaps added to the BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/8622055.stm

[IanM]

It's not just the people that are stuck abroad that are inconvenienced... we've got 2 directors stuck in Holland right now and can't get back.

They were due to catch a train to Calais and with the Eurostar fully booked and ferry foot passengers too I was going to have to drive to Calais to go on a company-funded beer and fag run rescue them...

the bastids have decided to hop on one of our customer's lorries instead so bang goes my nice Friday afternoon jolly to France

[34053]

Just heard on LBC Radio that NATS has announced there will be no aircraft movements in England And Wales until at least 0700 Saturday. However, restrictions in Scotland and Ireland will be lifted at 1900 this evening.

I must say that, where Mama Wedgy and I live (in 'Sarth' London) it is eerily quiet. We are on one of the flight paths into Heathrow and the absence of the 'planes is VERY strange!

PW

[10680]

I don't know how to post a screen dump, but at the moment one of only two aircraft in British airspace is Iceland Air.

Typical

[Dickon]

High-tech plane heads for ash cloud

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8626060.stm

[Mackrick]

F18 engine damage caused by the volcanic cloud .... http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/04/16/340727/pictures-finnish-f-18-engine-check-reveals-effects-of-volcanic.html

[Mayfly]

Well done them for publicising it

[Sickbag_andy]

As its NATS that's closed the airports & not CAA I would assume they can. Didn't Nick mention somewhere that there were some buzzing around his neck of the woods!!

There's a small airstrip just outside my village and there have been a few movements going on there today, seems they are okay at low level - I suppose if the ash is at 20000ft it wont affect a microlight unless it starts to settle.

Saw on the news that there will be a window over Scotland tomorrow morning and BA are operating 7 flights from the US to Glasgow and there might be a window for Manchester to take some tomorrow as well -all up in the air at the moment though. Manchester had 2 in and 3 out around lunchtime, I think they said they were empty just positioning without passengers - maybe that way they are not deemed to be commercial!

[Wedgy]

Well, Im loving this!! My 250 mile weekly round trip to london took 40mins less than usual ... no traffic on M4 no traffic on M25 ....

Love Heathrow being closed

[Mayfly]

No flights before 1.00am tomorrow morning now - showed on the news where the cloud is expected & it forecast it's getting worse over the UK

[Hihonyr8811]

I know it's invisible to the human eye, but I'm convinced the sky is a different shade of blue
Probably just be me though

[Mayfly]

looks mucky over your area from here

[Hihonyr8811]

I didn't do it

[Dougs]

just got back home OMG what a nasty 3 days!
went to milan, all trains were booked up till tuesday! so ended going on a regional train to Ventimiglia northwest italy and could not get a train to nice didnt know why at the time so got a taxi to nice and the train station was shut the silly sods are on strike in france so no SNCF to paris so came up with plan C.1.1.3 which was to get a hire car in nice and drive to calis aot as far as lyon and got told that there were no places on the ferry so then diverted to Cherborg 14hours driving non stop then got the ferry to portsmouth and then a train to birmingham to pickup my car.
not very good
but at least im back home