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soup
May 20, 2013, 4:51:46 AM5/20/13
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Guess which direction the prevailing wind is in. To the left is
Kirknewtom airfield[1](now a Glider school[ATC] was a Spitfire field
[satellite to RAF Turnhouse] during the war).
http://postimg.org/image/fwggdpuh7/
[1] What a place for an airfield, winds are normally 10~30 KPH
mind you they do blow along the runway.
Kirknewtom airfield[1](now a Glider school[ATC] was a Spitfire field
[satellite to RAF Turnhouse] during the war).
http://postimg.org/image/fwggdpuh7/
[1] What a place for an airfield, winds are normally 10~30 KPH
mind you they do blow along the runway.
Dr Zoidberg
May 20, 2013, 5:45:40 AM5/20/13
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"soup" <cheezs...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Guess which direction the prevailing wind is in.
Nice.
Last time we were in Cornwall there were some hill top roads that had trees
bent over so far that they almost made an arch over the road.
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Alex
Partac
May 20, 2013, 6:10:47 AM5/20/13
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"soup" wrote in message news:knckuq$3iv$1...@dont-email.me...
Phil Cook
May 20, 2013, 11:03:26 AM5/20/13
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On 20/05/2013 11:10, Partac wrote:
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> "soup" wrote in message news:knckuq$3iv$1...@dont-email.me...
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>> Guess which direction the prevailing wind is in.
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>> http://postimg.org/image/fwggdpuh7/
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> "soup" wrote in message news:knckuq$3iv$1...@dont-email.me...
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>> Guess which direction the prevailing wind is in.
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> Even the traffic cones are having to brace themselves against the wind.
actual streetview page are rather more upright. The trees still have
spectacular lean though.
http://goo.gl/maps/kOQ3a
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Phil Cook
soup
May 20, 2013, 12:37:16 PM5/20/13
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four feet to the right .
[1] Oncoming is two cars followed by a bus[2]
[2] Lots of wee buses zip about here, so although it looks like a van
it is *probably* a (mini)bus.
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soup
May 21, 2013, 4:16:01 AM5/21/13
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Phil W Lee wrote:
> and you are at the end of a 12 hour combat flight.
I'd like to see the Spitfire that could fly for twelve hours. ;o)
I understand all that about airspeed via groundspeed, airfields as
opposed to discrete runways etc. What I meant (very badly put I
agree[1]) was the prevailing wind is in such and such a direction but
it was GUSTY.
[1] That's what the 10~30, and 'they', was supposed to signify.
> and you are at the end of a 12 hour combat flight.
I'd like to see the Spitfire that could fly for twelve hours. ;o)
I understand all that about airspeed via groundspeed, airfields as
opposed to discrete runways etc. What I meant (very badly put I
agree[1]) was the prevailing wind is in such and such a direction but
it was GUSTY.
[1] That's what the 10~30, and 'they', was supposed to signify.
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David Damerell
May 24, 2013, 2:24:49 PM5/24/13
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Quoting Phil W Lee <ph...@lee-family.me.uk>:
>Having a fairly reliable againsterly right on the nose is a positive
>benefit for an airfield - it allows shorter ground rolls on both
>takeoff and landing.
There's a disused airfield a lot of the Essex / Cambridgeshire audaxen go
across... cursing the inevitable howling wind in a high exposed place.
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David Damerell <dame...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Kill the tomato!
Today is Teleute, June.
Tomorrow will be Oneiros, June.
>Having a fairly reliable againsterly right on the nose is a positive
>benefit for an airfield - it allows shorter ground rolls on both
>takeoff and landing.
There's a disused airfield a lot of the Essex / Cambridgeshire audaxen go
across... cursing the inevitable howling wind in a high exposed place.
--
David Damerell <dame...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Kill the tomato!
Today is Teleute, June.
Tomorrow will be Oneiros, June.
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David Damerell
May 28, 2013, 3:14:12 PM5/28/13
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Quoting Phil W Lee <ph...@lee-family.me.uk>:
>David Damerell <dame...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> considered Fri, 24
>>Quoting Phil W Lee <ph...@lee-family.me.uk>:
>>>Having a fairly reliable againsterly right on the nose is a positive
>>>benefit for an airfield - it allows shorter ground rolls on both
>>>takeoff and landing.
>>There's a disused airfield a lot of the Essex / Cambridgeshire audaxen go
>>across... cursing the inevitable howling wind in a high exposed place.
>Which one?
>>>Having a fairly reliable againsterly right on the nose is a positive
>>>benefit for an airfield - it allows shorter ground rolls on both
>>>takeoff and landing.
>>There's a disused airfield a lot of the Essex / Cambridgeshire audaxen go
>>across... cursing the inevitable howling wind in a high exposed place.
I don't know, I'm afraid. I only find out where I am on an audax when I
get lost enough to look at the map, and most of the ones that go that way
have good enough instructions that that doesn't happen. I could tell you
they go to Thaxted as well, but that would be as much help as "you ride a
bicycle" or "you eat malt loaf".
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David Damerell <dame...@chiark.greenend.org.uk>
And now, a seemingly inexplicable shot of a passing train.
Today is Epithumia, June - a weekend.
Tomorrow will be Olethros, June - a weekend.
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David Damerell
May 29, 2013, 3:22:15 PM5/29/13
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Quoting Phil W Lee <ph...@lee-family.me.uk>:
>David Damerell <dame...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> considered Tue, 28
>>they go to Thaxted as well, but that would be as much help as "you ride a
>>bicycle" or "you eat malt loaf".
>Ah, would it be about half-way between Saffron Walden and Thaxted?
>>bicycle" or "you eat malt loaf".
All audaxes here go to Thaxted, but that sounds familiar.
>If so, it's almost certainly Debden, now site of Carver Barracks (if
>it still has concrete runways) or Gt Sampford (if there's just a
>perimeter road).
Sounds very familiar. It's generally blowing half a gale, anyway.
Today is Olethros, June - a weekend.
Tomorrow will be Monday, June.
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