Vortex5 wrote:
"Dave Starling" wrote in message
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On Apr 17, 3:36 pm, "Graham." wrote:
First saw it on my car last Tuesday. Before it was on the news, and
planes were flying normally.
I mistook it for Saharan sand. (I'm in Manchester)

Anyone taking bets on when flights will resume? I'm saying not before
end of Thursday, but what if lasted weeks/years? According to
wikipedia the last eruption in 1821 lasted two years. Would/could we
survive without taking any flights around Europe for two years? This
is a more interesting discussion than the general election!

Dave

I found his rather nifty web site shows all commercial aircraft flying
across Europe in real time: http://www.radarvirtuel.com/

It's a bit tempremental (probably server overload) but press F5 a few
times and it will come up. Works best for me in Firefox.

Some fantastic photos of the eruption he
http://www.millhouse.nl/eyjafjallajokull2010.html