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EU retaliation against the UK escalates

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    #61
    Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
    Wrong. The majority of north western Europe's flight to North America go over the UK out over NW Scotland via a rigid set of air corridors. These take advantage of great circle navigation and for eastbound flights the Jet stream. If the north most corridor has to skirt the channel the south most will be down at the Pyrenees. This is a major, time consuming, and costly diversion. (Gibbon in I used to work at NATs mode.)
    hmm

    https://www.flightradar24.com/TSC223/e52fe80

    You will be hard pressed to find any transatlantic flight that flies over Northwest Scotland, almost all of them fly over Wales and then Ireland. I would have though it wouldn't be a major detour to head over France and then towards Ireland.
    Last edited by BlasterBates; 2 August 2017, 15:01.
    I'm alright Jack

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      #62
      Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
      hmm

      https://www.flightradar24.com/TSC223/e52fe80

      You will be hard pressed to find any transatlantic flight that flies over Northwest Scotland, almost all of them fly over Wales and then Ireland. I would have though it wouldn't be a major detour to head over France and then towards Ireland.
      Ok, not over NW Scotland directly but I was referring to a general direction of travel. What you can't see on that 2D map is the effect of the earth sphere, that's why they seem to go up and down following a great circle. To fly from Amsterdam all the way to Brittany and then start going north is a long way compared to flying straight over blighty.
      But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger

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        #63
        It'll be like apartheid times when SAA weren't allowed to fly over Africa but had to go the coastal route which is why we always flew BOAC So British carriers will have fly all around Europe to get to Africa/Asia/etc and European carriers just over France onto Ireland to get to the USA...
        Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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          #64
          Originally posted by BlasterBates View Post
          hmm

          https://www.flightradar24.com/TSC223/e52fe80

          You will be hard pressed to find any transatlantic flight that flies over Northwest Scotland, almost all of them fly over Wales and then Ireland. I would have though it wouldn't be a major detour to head over France and then towards Ireland.
          Famously one flew over Lockerbie...

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            #65
            http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rt-checks.html

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