Virgin 101- anyone live in Bournemouth?

Virgin 101 was due to land at Manston in about half an hour. I'm listening
to it now, and he's diverting to Bournemouth. He's got ice on the
windscreen so wants to get down, real soon now. He's at 28000 feet somewhere
near Farnborough and heading West.

(This, btw, is the round the world and a bit flight!)

Ali

 

Shit, he's just declared an emergency. Hope he gets down safe.

Ali

 

Fine around the whole world and as soon as he gets to England the
weather takes over.

 

He's going to have to circle a bit to shift the ice before he can land. I'm
slightly surprised he's got problems now, he was at 51K over Ireland and
OK.

Ali

 

icing only becomes a problem at lower altitudes, that's why turboprops
often have ice trouble when they don't fly as high as jets

FR

 

Do aircraft suffer from carb icing too?

 

Of course they do, but it will be fine after they light a small bonfire on
the wing to warm them up.

;-^

 

Just looking at the live feed from Mission Control - there's nobody
there =:-O

 

Yes. Most light aircraft have a little carb-heat control on the panel.
Pull on that, and a flap is moved to direct the inlet air over the exhaust
manifold.

 

That's because he's landed safely and they're all down t'pub, innit?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4704762.stm


Chris

 

Aye, seen it now.

 

BGN said:

The marzipan is usually more of a problem.

 

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a) they don't have carbs much any more on "proper" aircraft[1]
b) there are strict rules about maintenance, which includes inlet heating!

[1] Microlights are different - you often see 'em with little twin-carb
Rotax engines.

 

There'll be a raisin for that.

 

"He landed shortly after 1700 GMT after 76 days and 45 minutes in the
cockpit."

76 days? I think he's in the shower not the pub! (Yes, yes, I know
it's a typo. At least I hope so.)

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And apricot jam.

Ali

 

Ah - the raisin specialist! Truly a man for all raisins.

 

From east Angular, no less: Diss Lexia rules KO!

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Ali Hopkins belched forth and ejected the
following:

Probably ran out of fags.

 

E.Stanglia? Is that as good for me as E.Coli?