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The political, economic, financial and passanger pressures to fly again are so huge that to continue to have full groundings could lead to airlines going out of business and substantual economic problems at a time we can't deal right now.
It is also possible to operate aircraft below the worst of the ash layer, taking routes that while longer and use more fuel, but at least gets some people around. The military aircraft involved may have been at levels and locations of the worst quanities of ash.
LeonBNJ: The political, economic, financial and passanger pressures to fly again
Perhaps it is because the military engines are running at much higher combustion temperatures that the civilian counterparts. Commercial engines are designed to give maximum thrust per fuel burned while military engines are designe for maximum thrust per engine weight
Libertarian09: Perhaps it is because the military engines are running at
Commercial/military differences: the commercial tests were advertised as flying below the clouds (3000 m), I don't know how high the military jets flew, but since this was before the air closure it could have been right through the cloud (about 10000 m).
NickHP: Commercial/military differences: the commercial tests were advertised as flying below
Military jets are the only planes that should be allowed to go anywhere near ash clouds for testing because they have this special feature in them called ejector seats. Unless commercial planes are to be equipped with the same feature I would be extremely hesitant to fly in one at this time. As for stranded passingers I can think of only one word: Dunkirk.
tttom: Military jets are the only planes that should be allowed
You are neglecting the notion that military lives are far more valuable than civilian lives. Why else do so many civilians get slaughtered because a soldiers life may be in danger?
Libertarian09: You are neglecting the notion that military lives are far
Interesting facts and pictures. It still does not answer my questions / obervations regarding the NATO exercises over Europe.
Strange as it is, with a very high percentage of Northern European commercial air traffic grounded, due to the risks associated with the ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokul Volcano, a Major NATO military drill was taking place.
I have not found any reports of military aircraft involved in the exercise ‘Brilliant Mariner’, being grounded due to the dangers posed to other aircraft.
It does seem rather strange that while volcanic ash is keeping all commercial aircraft on the ground around the U.K. this exercise is taking place.
Why do civilian airline and military aircraft test-flights reveal different results?
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Only one has to report to shareholders about profits: can anyone guess which one?;) Of course you do just having some fun. I love Rhetorical questions.
Still it's amazing how mother nature is blasting away, earthquakes and now making air travel impossible. It's reading like some Gaia scyfy channel mini series about the end of times.
Peter_Noble_2: Why do civilian airline and military aircraft test-flights reveal different
"Why do civilian airline and military aircraft test-flights reveal different results?"
For a whole range of reasons - the heights and speeds flown at, the composition and density of the ash cloud flown through, the finer tolerances and higher specifications of military jet engines and the higher risk the military is prepared to accept.
Financially damaging though the non-fly restrictions might be to commercial airlines, taking a risk with an airliner full of passengers that came down would be commercial suicide.
OutsideLookingIn: "Why do civilian airline and military aircraft test-flights reveal different
Aircraft engine design is one reason.
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Fighter jet aircraft engines are typically of a "Low Bypass" Turbofan design. This Means that more air is directed through the compressor/combustion section of the engine that than through the fan section of the engine. Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbofan#Low-bypass_turbofan
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Commercial jet aircraft engines are typically of a "High Bypass" Turbofan design. This Means that less air is directed through the compressor/combustion section of the engine that than through the fan section of the engine the fan produces the majority of the engine's thrust. Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbofan#High-bypass_turbofan
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It is possible that the volcanic cloud may have less of an effect on a high bypass turbo fan than a low bypass turbofan engine.
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Other Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic_ash#Aviation
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PRONESE: Aircraft engine design is one reason. * * Fighter jet
Well if there were any real or artificial terrorist plots involving Aircraft in anyway they have been hosed by the Mysterious Force. Flying had become to burdensome due to fear anyway. "The only thing to fear is that which we do not love. Love everything and there is nothing to fear. That includes most importantly the things you have an aversion to" ~Richard Thomas Gerber
Richard_Gerber: Well if there were any real or artificial terrorist plots
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It is also possible to operate aircraft below the worst of the ash layer, taking routes that while longer and use more fuel, but at least gets some people around. The military aircraft involved may have been at levels and locations of the worst quanities of ash.
Strange as it is, with a very high percentage of Northern European commercial air traffic grounded, due to the risks associated with the ash cloud from the Eyjafjalla
I have not found any reports of military aircraft involved in the exercise ‘Brilliant Mariner’, being grounded due to the dangers posed to other aircraft.
It does seem rather strange that while volcanic ash is keeping all commercial aircraft on the ground around the U.K. this exercise is taking place.
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Only one has to report to shareholde
Still it's amazing how mother nature is blasting away, earthquake
over the earth without the scorching radiation shower, of course.
God Help Us All if this was a nuclear bomb anywhere on earth.
That's why we need to eradicate these Horrors On Humanity.
Thank God for the global above-grou
honored by even the most insane, paranoid states on earth.
The second-han
would be devastatin
It would have been a cold day in hell, in deed, if this Icelandic plume
had resulted from an above ground nuclear detonation
12 kt then vs 475 kt for Trident warheads and megatonnag
Yep, setting off a few hundred of those surely couldn't hurt anything very much, could it?
just when they begin to sound logical, they up and drive their bus right off the cliff
and that's OK, as long as we are smart enough to not to go along with them
For a whole range of reasons - the heights and speeds flown at, the compositio
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Fighter jet aircraft engines are typically of a "Low Bypass" Turbofan design. This Means that more air is directed through the compressor
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Commercial jet aircraft engines are typically of a "High Bypass" Turbofan design. This Means that less air is directed through the compressor
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It is possible that the volcanic cloud may have less of an effect on a high bypass turbo fan than a low bypass turbofan engine.
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Other Wiki link: http://en.
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R/ PRONESE