Havoc wrote:Dornier 228 D-CALM on rotate from Cranfield now.
Just flown OTT of me now, heading towards Luton
Havoc wrote:Dornier 228 D-CALM on rotate from Cranfield now.
HuwJHopkins wrote:Hellfire wrote:Kip Casper wrote:Previous eruption lasted over a year according to this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/trave ... -year.html
Great news for those of us booked in to go to Iceland in June then .
It could well calm down by then, I stayed 6km from the volcano 2 weeks ago whilst it was still erupting.
HuwJHopkins wrote:Hellfire wrote:Kip Casper wrote:Previous eruption lasted over a year according to this
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/trave ... -year.html
Great news for those of us booked in to go to Iceland in June then .
It could well calm down by then, I stayed 6km from the volcano 2 weeks ago whilst it was still erupting.
farnboroughrob wrote:Looks like Scotland and Ireland are flying limited services. Plane plotter at 16:45 shows two Ryanairs looking to be routing DUB-PIK plus two Iceair 757's going into GLA. Looks like all of Germany,Denmark,Belgium,Holland and the northern half of France are also closed. Plenty of light aircraft and a few low level bizjets flying still.
Spiny Norman wrote:Looks like Scottish airspace is now pretty much open from 7pm tonight. Three Icelandairs plus Benbecula and Barra flights too. Be interesting to see just how busy it gets tomorrow. (I do think it ironic that flights can come in from the very country that started it).
I think these chaps are the only commercial flights to have continued operating throughout though!
FGR2 wrote:It is wierdly quiet here in Essex.
There is usually something overhead, be it Stansted traffic heading south, London City 146's & F27's, Heathrow stuff to the North and high level 30,000 feet+ aircraft from Europe.
It is by no means noisy here, but last night it was really quiet. Even typing this now it is really quiet. It just shows how much background noise from aircraft there is, and you just don't normally notice it.
londoncabby wrote:I did notice 3 GA aircraft in the sky, presumably from Stapleford, in the sky at once? Would these be under the same ATC rules? ie no LCY restricted airspace?
PorkScratching wrote:londoncabby wrote:I did notice 3 GA aircraft in the sky, presumably from Stapleford, in the sky at once? Would these be under the same ATC rules? ie no LCY restricted airspace?
The controlled airspace is still there, but it's a lot easier to get an ATC clearance to enter it at the moment due to the lack of commercial traffic (due to low controller workload, and no jetliners and biz to maintain separation from).
Cruise Control wrote:These aircraft flying around at low level VFR when airspace closed (including jets) will only cause one thing - an accident. Another thing is dust may not effect them now but give it a while and see what damage was done a few weeks/months later to their aircraft.
farnboroughrob wrote:Hi Martin there were a couple of VFR jet departures from Farnborough but nothing else
13:37 G-OZAT H25B HGR849
14:28 G-CROO C525 HGR836
I did a circuit of LHR on the way home,strangeley the runway lights were still on but it looked quieter than Christmas Day.