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^ that doesn't make sense
'Don't they have Autoglass?' you mean
Something like Autoglass would be another windscreen repair company
Bloody Americanisms!
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Perhaps Autoglass do not extent their friendly, cheap and effective service to the aerospace industry, and therefore another similar company do, is what i think he was suggesting.
That's better
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^ that doesn't make sense
'Don't they have Autoglass?' you mean
Something like Autoglass would be another windscreen repair company
Bloody Americanisms!
No, I asked "Do they have, like, Autoglass?" Innit? So it's obvious, that I'm not asking, if they use Autoglass, because that would be silly like. I'm sure they use something like Airglass.
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Autoglass might be cheap and friendly, but you can't just stop by a cloud and wait for them to do a mid-air replacement.
The engine issue is much bigger, anyway. Trent 900s are about $9m each, and you have effectively written it off if you fly it through enough debris to stall it.
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11.5" K&N, needs scaling x10 to fit a Trent 900.Actually, the combustion air filter for using the Trent core for power generation is the size of a house. Total airflow through the aircraft turbofan variant is several times greater.
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AICMFP??
'like' in between every 6 words is NOT English*
*unless you're a 15yo chick from California
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looks like my parents have to get a coach from rome to boulogne then get a ferry to portsmouth. and get back on thursday next week. instead of yesterday.
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Thanks for all the suggestions, finally I chartered a small bus and driver, we have driven all day and are in Calais at the eurotunnel port. (I also sold tickets on my rented bus to other stranded people to cover the cost of me and my team (cash only), just to break even not for profit)
In the mean time I called a friend who bought a clapped out old mercedes sprinter in the UK this morning and is ariving on the next train from the UK, we will get in and we are booked on the next train back to the UK!!!
When we get back we will hopefully sell the van for as much as we paid. (Add in the refund we are getting from the airline and this actually saved money on the trip back, it just cost FUCKING LOADS OF TIME!!!)
Plus the extra hotel nights, but all in all after having heard the ferry is sold out for foot passengers until wednesday and no sign of airports opening any time soon, I am gone get on the train have a beer and pat myself on the back.
UK here I come!
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Thanks for all the suggestions, finally I chartered a small bus and driver, we have driven all day and are in Calais at the eurotunnel port. (I also sold tickets on my rented bus to other stranded people to cover the cost of me and my team (cash only), just to break even not for profit)
In the mean time I called a friend who bought a clapped out old mercedes sprinter in the UK this morning and is ariving on the next train from the UK, we will get in and we are booked on the next train back to the UK!!!
When we get back we will hopefully sell the van for as much as we paid. (Add in the refund we are getting from the airline and this actually saved money on the trip back, it just cost FUCKING LOADS OF TIME!!!)
Plus the extra hotel nights, but all in all after having heard the ferry is sold out for foot passengers until wednesday and no sign of airports opening any time soon, I am gone get on the train have a beer and pat myself on the back.
UK here I come!
Well done! Major adventure...
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Can, yes. Would, probably not. Pilots are spitting feathers generally at the moment as most believe the no fly ban is far too wide ranging and cautious. Previous incidents such as BA flight 9 have involved aircraft flying through dense clouds of ash in the immediate area of an eruption, not a widely distributed and disparate cloud of ash spread over a very large area.
Very little testing has been done in the past but the EU have conducted test flights today and further test flights are going on tonight over Europe under 'controlled conditions'.
It will be interesting to see what the results are.
Because the particles can still damage the plane engines, that's why.
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As the ash is like sand blasting media, it also scours the surfaces, including the windscreens. An attractive frosted look on the windows isn't such fun when you're trying to see the runway :-)