Gaura Mohana 23 Posted April 19, 2010 Author Share Posted April 19, 2010 http://www.radarvirtuel.com/ There seem to be a LOT of airplanes in the air now. AND this website shows the smoke (superimposed on the google image) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharrow 107 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Some more of the latest pics from Boston Globe's The Big Picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 20, 2010 Aerosoft Share Posted April 20, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horst18519 231 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Can anyone explain why airlines fly normal routes again by saying they do it VFR instead of IFR - and what the heck that has to do with ash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TF-197 28 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Can anyone explain why airlines fly normal routes again by saying they do it VFR instead of IFR - and what the heck that has to do with ash? I think they'll fly lower than normally and there for have to look out a bit more and so they to it VFR for safety, but what do I know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 21, 2010 Aerosoft Share Posted April 21, 2010 Can anyone explain why airlines fly normal routes again by saying they do it VFR instead of IFR - and what the heck that has to do with ash? Well actually the best way to stay out of a dense ash cloud is to see it. It does not show up on (weather) radar. Another reason is that the normal routes are not used right now so there are a lot of aircraft in unexpected places. Always better to fly VFR in those conditions. Yesterday I saw almost no flights after sunset. BTW, I just saw Schiphol was using three runways around 18:00, very very busy there. http://casper.frontier.nl/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S 75 Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Awesome picture, the intense lightning is caused by the super-conductivity of the ash in the storm clouds. I live in Colorado, and a few years back there was a very large forest fire that burned thousands of acres in a part of our state. My wife and I happened to be driving home from vacation at night and we followed a lightning storm fueled by all of the ash in the air, the likes of which I probably will never see again. The lightning was so frequent and intense, mostly cloud to cloud and we drove in awe and silence for about 40 minutes, watching the show...just spectacular! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerosoft Aerosoft Team [Inactive Account] 51558 Posted April 22, 2010 Aerosoft Share Posted April 22, 2010 Awesome picture, the intense lightning is caused by the super-conductivity of the ash in the storm clouds. I live in Colorado, and a few years back there was a very large forest fire that burned thousands of acres in a part of our state. My wife and I happened to be driving home from vacation at night and we followed a lightning storm fueled by all of the ash in the air, the likes of which I probably will never see again. The lightning was so frequent and intense, mostly cloud to cloud and we drove in awe and silence for about 40 minutes, watching the show...just spectacular! I do not think an ash cloud can be super conductive (you need low, not high temperatures for that), but I do know that the ash particles that interact (slide among each other) create massive static charges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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