http://www.rense.com/general90/volcd.htm
useful link: http://www.flightradar24.com/
By F. William Engdahl
Author of Full Spectrum Dominance:
Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order
4-19-10
- Since the eruption of the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano in Iceland on April 14 air traffic across Europe had been grounded causing staggering losses to businesses and airlines as well as incalculable personal hardships. There are some very serious reasons to question whether the total flight ban was necessary.
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- The danger, we are told, is real. Volcanic particles harder than steel but not visible to weather radar could damage the engines of aircraft and cause crashes. Yet serious questions are beginning to be raised as to whether the first ever continental flight ban in the history of world aviation was necessary.
- First, as Joachim Hunold, CEO of Germany's second largest carrier, Air Berlin, stated in Bild am Sonntag, "not one single weather ballon has been put up in Germany to measure if and how much volcanic ash there is in the air. The closing of the airspace is entirely based on the results of a computer simulation at the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in England."
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- One veteran Air France pilot, Steven Savignol, told me,"I can tell you from my own experience that with blue skies, aircrafts can fly perfectly and very safely. They made test flights with Air France, KLM, Lufthansa and of course, all is ok!"
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- Met Office Computer simulations
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- It turns out that the VAAC in England is working from a "computer simulation," and has not even conducted an actual sky ash measurement. The agency responsible for Volcanic Ash measurement for the region, including Iceland, is Britain's "Met Office," the UK's National Weather Service, which in turn is a Trading Fund within the Ministry of Defence, operating on a commercial basis under set targets according to their website.
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- German Transportation Minister Peter Ramsauer (CSU) told Germany's Der Spiegel, "... Berlin as other European governments are bound to the international regulations regarding volcano eruptions and the estimates of the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in London." The citation of 'London' by a responsible EU transportation minister is itself a bit puzzling as VAAC is in Exeter, not in London.
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- What we are witnessing here is not a law or a regulation that has been tested in experience with previous volcanoes and air flights. This is a policy drawn up by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), which created the worldwide VAAC stations in 1993 to monitor volcanic eruptions and their effects. The ICAO Exeter office data is then interpreted and enforced by the UK's National Air Traffic Service (NATS). That interpretation needs a closer look.
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- In September 2009 the ICAO published a 'Contingency plan for handling traffic in the event of volcanic ash penetrating the airspace of North Atlantic Region'. The guidelines make no distinction at all between major or minor eruptions. Nor do they take into account the dilution effect as the cloud spreads from the original point. The only reference is to generic "dust clouds," without any attempt to carry out a risk assessment.
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- Using as its model the largest and most dangerous of Icelandic volcanoes, the Katla volcano, ICAO offered a series of procedures for monitoring and tracking volcano ash clouds and for 'advice' to be given to airlines in the event of a volcano eruption.
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- The current eruption is a relatively minor one certainly not in the league of Katla. Yet it is worth noting that for even the most serious of possible eruptions, the plan issued by the IOCA involved re-routing aircraft around, or under dust plumes, not banning all air flights as has occurred with this recent eruption.
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- Most of Europe and large parts of the rest of the world flying European airspace has been scared into believing that to fly would be madness. To fly beneath the cloud until clear of it would mean burning more fuel. Low-flying to simply avoid the danger of ash being sucked into the jet engines is a temporary solution. Steve Wood, Chief Pilot at Sussex and Surrey Air Ambulance, describes the measures being taken as 'a complete overreaction.' Modern jet aircraft engines are robust, they must be, says Air France's Savignol. They have to face not only the hazards of bird strikes, but rain, hail and even salt spray on take-off from coastal airports. Furthermore, sand is a common hazard from dust storms and from desert airfields.
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- Some aircraft are better equipped than others to deal with high-dust conditions, and consultation with aircraft and engine manufacturers might have enabled more precise restrictions to be imposed, rather than a blanket ban. But a spokesman for England's NATS admitted: 'We don't really deal with particular manufacturers.' They were more concerned with 'applying the international regulations.'
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- The blanket ban under clear blue skies and glorious sunshine across Europe is making some wonder whether there is something else going on under the cover of earthquake eruptions, such as a test run to shut down air travel internationally. Since no one has ever been injured from an aircraft disabled by a volcanic eruption, it is a question that lingers. The absolute ban is an over-reaction, at a minimum, and shows poor judgment. One can only speculate if other agendas are involved.
http://www.usafe.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123199666
USAFE units participate in BRILLIANT ARDENT 2010
Master Sgt. Keith Houin
USAFE/PA
4/14/2010
RAMSTEIN, Germany
The 22nd Fighter Squadron at Spangdhalem Air Base and 351st Air Refueling Squadron from RAF Mildenhall are partnering with air forces from the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Turkey to participate in Exercise BRILLIANT ARDENT 10.
The large scale NATO Response Force Air Live Exercise hosted by Germany began April 12 and will run through April 22. Participation by U.S. Air Forces in Europe units directly aligns with the command key mission areas of providing forces for global operations and building partnership.
Sixty aircraft ranging from fighters, attack aircraft, helicopters, tanker and airborne early warning aircraft are operating from air bases located in Germany, the Czech Republic, France, Poland, and UK.
In addition to air assets, tactical employment of Theater Missile Defense and Ground Based Air Defense assets will be extensively exercised.
The aim of BAT 10 is to train, test, integrate and validate the interoperability, readiness and capabilities of NATO Response Force 15 nominated air forces and associated command structures by exercising NRF missions and tasks in a challenging and realistic scenario.
The exercise is also open to "non NRF" air units from NATO, as well as Partnership for Peace nations, and provides an outstanding training opportunity. The exercise scenario is based around a United Nations mandated NATO-led Crisis Response Operation in a fictitious geo-political setting, a scenario specifically designed for this exercise.
The NRF concept provides the Alliance with a robust capability to meet the challenging security environment of the 21st century by providing a highly trained and agile force, at high readiness, able to deploy at short notice wherever and whenever directed to do so by the North Atlantic Council.
The NRF comprises deployable NATO Land, Maritime and Air Forces provided by Nations on a rotational basis. Training of the force is both essential and continual in order to maintain assigned forces at peak readiness. It is only through exercises such as BAT 10 that NRF forces can be operationally certified as trained, capable and ready to fulfill the NRF mission.
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http://www.corriere.it/cronache/10_aprile_19/caprara-misure-esagerate_3f91aea2-4b7a-11df-b8c5-00144f02aabe.shtml
Il fisico dell'atmosfera
«Misure esagerate I dati sull'aria mai allarmanti»
Guido Visconti, direttore del Centro fenomeni estremi dell'Università dell'Aquila
«Nella valutazione dei rischi generati dalla nube del vulcano islandese si è esagerato fin dall'inizio. Anche le ultime misure inglesi non giustificano gli allarmi lanciati». Guido Visconti, direttore del Centro fenomeni estremi dell'Università dell'Aquila e autore delle elaborazioni sulla diffusione delle ceneri aeree assieme ai centri europei, sottolinea il suo giudizio. (Ansa)
Allora hanno sbagliato le autorità dell'aviazione civile?
«Dai primi momenti si era visto la debole consistenza dell'inquinamento e seguendo l'evolversi del fenomeno i valori rilevati non sono mai stati così problematici».
Come mai allora questa prudenza?
«In assenza di conoscenze e dati precisi su questi fenomeni in funzione dei rischi portati agli aerei si è preferito bloccare tutto. Ma la decisione non era basata su alcuna precisa considerazione scientifica. C'erano solo presunti rischi alla tecnologia».
Si potrà cambiare qualcosa in futuro?
«Si possono approfondire le ricerche sui potenziali pericoli, però è difficile immaginare una rete mondiale tanto capillare (e costosa) per analizzare in dettaglio un problema che per fortuna emerge raramente».
La situazione ora come si presenta?
«Le misure effettuate oltre che da noi, in Francia, Germania, Olanda, Svizzera e Romania dicono che i valori sono confrontabili o inferiori a quelli prodotti dall'inquinamento urbano e anche la presenza dell'anidride solforosa è al di sotto degli standard accettati nelle città».
19 aprile 2010
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Vita quotidiana in Germania: esercitazioni e giuramenti
Aeronautica: 4° Stormo a esercitazione NATO in Germania
14 Aprile 2010
Fino al 22 aprile sei Eurofighter italiani e 120 militari del 4° Stormo dell’Aeronautica Militare saranno rischierate sulla base di Rostock/Laage per l’esercitazione NATO Brilliant Ardent 2010 alla quale partecipano circa 60 diversi velivoli di sette paesi dell’Alleanza. Lo annuncia Eurofighter. Il trasferimento sulla base tedesca, sede dello JG73 "Steinhoff" è stato fatto utilizzando tre C-27J della 46a Brigata Aerea di Pisa.
fonte: http://www.dedalonews.it/it/index.php/2010/04/
Eruzione del vulcano Eyjafjalla in Islanda: immagini satellitari e riflessioni
L'eruzione del vulcano Eyjafjalla in Islanda ha portato conseguenze drastiche per il traffico aereo senza precedenti dopo il 9 / 11. Pertanto, uno sguardo preciso dietro le quinte non è deleterio. I media di tutto il mondo sbandierano sui potenziali danni e conseguenze, tuttavia mi mancano alcuni dettagli molto importanti.
Ma come va la fornitura delle attuali immagini simili all’Etna? Le telecamere oggi giorno sono dotate di ottiche ad alta risoluzione. Si dovrebbe pensare che la distribuzione delle immagini funziona a catena, ma non è proprio così.
Ecco il link alla fonte:
http://www.wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/ressorts/natur/weltraum/ESA_Ansichten/index, page = 3536264, pezzo = img_0.html
Di regola, però, ci viziano con immagini come la seguente:
Anche i video o qualcosa di simile vengono sempre rimasticati sulla tavola e non qualcosa di attuale. Ecco un video della eruzione dell'Etna, che è stato molto più violento:
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