It's amazinghow so many people with no experience in aeronautics, volcanology or meteorology, are suddenly all experts on whether planes can fly safely in these conditions
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:26,
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When they said on the radio last nightthat several F-16s flying regularly through the cloud had reported damage that was enough evidence for me. Sending a brand new plane on one flight from Heathrow to Cardiff couldn't possibly give an accurate measure of long term abrasive effects.
/sudden expert
(/sudden expert
wuffle, the b3ta bunny 's flea collar isn't working on,
Tue 20 Apr 2010, 11:30,
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I love how some 2 hour max test flightsare immediately equivalent to 10,000 2 hour MIN flights.
I suspect that some of these journalists have little conception of statistics.
(I suspect that some of these journalists have little conception of statistics.
boris the spider,
Tue 20 Apr 2010, 12:07,
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