Re: Fw: [SHADO] Re: SKY ONE & VOLCANIC ASH

Posted by Durham N Tx on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/SKY-ONE-VOLCANIC-ASH-tp1514068p1514077.html

That would be an interesting plot point for a future epi...

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Brian Serridge
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> A perfect opportunity then for the aliens to invade Europe right now. If
> they got a few UFOs past the interceptors, once they reached 35,000 feet
> above Europe Sky One wouldn't risk going through the volcanic ash cloud and
> therefore couldn't touch them!!
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> All The Best,
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> BRIAN
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> From: James Gibbon <[hidden email] <jg%40jamesgibbon.com>>
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> Sent: Mon, 19 April, 2010 8:51:45
> Subject: [SHADO] Re: SKY ONE & VOLCANIC ASH
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> On Sat, 17 Apr 2010 12:34:34 +0000 (GMT)
> Brian Serridge <brianserridge@ yahoo.co. uk> wrote:
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> > Would Sky One be able to fly through volcanic ash without
> > the engines clogging up? How about the interceptors?
> >
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> Sky One is essentially a jet fighter I think, so no.
>
> As for the Interceptors - they're designed to fly in the
> zero atmosphere of the Moon (somehow). Therefore they
> don't rely on sucking air in through an intake; they don't
> have jet engines. But I'd suppose that they wouldn't work
> in an an atmosphere, anyway.
>
> However as I understand it there are two risks to flying
> through a cloud of ash - the first is that the engines
> sieze up, and the second is that the cockpit screen becomes
> badly abraded to the point that it's opaque.
>
> James
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