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February 23rd 10, 04:21 PM
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I was quite alarmed yesterday when after flying over Oman, UAE & Qatar
we then went over Kuwait City and then over the centre of Iraq, passing Baghdad to the east then over Mosul, then taking a sharp left over Turkey, ringing the border of Syria. I was quite relieved we were at 38,000 ft. Also worryingly close to Iran. I guess times are changing slowly for the better. -- Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net |
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February 23rd 10, 05:09 PM
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Keith(Southend) wrote:
I guess times are changing slowly for the better. Flight crew were asleep, probably. -- Chris Swaffham, Norfolk |
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February 23rd 10, 07:21 PM
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On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:09:33 +0000, Chris Smith
wrote: Keith(Southend) wrote: I guess times are changing slowly for the better. Flight crew were asleep, probably. -- Chris Swaffham, Norfolk LOL! Like most things, there's the good news .........................and then the bad news!!! Geoff |
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February 23rd 10, 07:26 PM
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On Feb 23, 4:21*pm, "Keith(Southend)"
wrote: I was quite alarmed yesterday when after flying over Oman, UAE & Qatar we then went over Kuwait City and then over the centre of Iraq, passing Baghdad to the east then over Mosul, then taking a sharp left over Turkey, ringing the border of Syria. I was quite relieved we were at 38,000 ft. Also worryingly close to Iran. I guess times are changing slowly for the better. -- Keith (Southend)http://www.southendweather.net e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net yeah, I flew over Baghdad when flying from London to Bahrain last year - I was a little surprised to say the least  I guess theres no SCUDsany more and the guys on the ground wont have anything to reach that high??? |
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February 23rd 10, 07:57 PM
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Yeap, same on Friday (DBX-BHX) - didn't acutally see Baghdad, but did fly
right above it according to the inflight map. Also worthy to note that on the Dubai-Delhi part the flight avoided Iran and was routed over Pakistan - so Pakistan:India relationships must not be too bad at the moment! Chris "Keith(Southend)" wrote in message ... I was quite alarmed yesterday when after flying over Oman, UAE & Qatar we then went over Kuwait City and then over the centre of Iraq, passing Baghdad to the east then over Mosul, then taking a sharp left over Turkey, ringing the border of Syria. I was quite relieved we were at 38,000 ft. Also worryingly close to Iran. I guess times are changing slowly for the better. -- Keith (Southend) http://www.southendweather.net e-mail: kreh at southendweather dot net |
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February 23rd 10, 08:19 PM
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Not at all odd really – they all want the revenue from navigation
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February 23rd 10, 09:25 PM
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you got a problem with muslim airspace/weather now?
LOL Keith(Southend) wrote: I was quite alarmed yesterday when after flying over Oman, UAE & Qatar we then went over Kuwait City and then over the centre of Iraq, passing Baghdad to the east then over Mosul, then taking a sharp left over Turkey, ringing the border of Syria. I was quite relieved we were at 38,000 ft. Also worryingly close to Iran. I guess times are changing slowly for the better. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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February 24th 10, 01:01 PM
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I did not realise Iraqi airspace was open to overflights. Good job the
current bunch of "insurgents" don't have Stingers, or say their Iranian (ex Russian ) equivalent. Says a lot really when they rely on IEDS made from 2 planks of wood and a couple of bits of metal and a battery....... |
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February 24th 10, 06:58 PM
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In article
, MahFL writes: I did not realise Iraqi airspace was open to overflights. Good job the current bunch of "insurgents" don't have Stingers, or say their Iranian (ex Russian ) equivalent. Says a lot really when they rely on IEDS made from 2 planks of wood and a couple of bits of metal and a battery....... I'm not sure what the "ceiling" of a Stinger missile is, but I'm pretty sure that it's well below the 25,000ft+ that a cruising airliner will be flying at. -- John Hall "Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing." Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83) |
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February 24th 10, 11:24 PM
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"John Hall" wrote in message ... In article , MahFL writes: I did not realise Iraqi airspace was open to overflights. Good job the current bunch of "insurgents" don't have Stingers, or say their Iranian (ex Russian ) equivalent. Says a lot really when they rely on IEDS made from 2 planks of wood and a couple of bits of metal and a battery....... I'm not sure what the "ceiling" of a Stinger missile is, but I'm pretty sure that it's well below the 25,000ft+ that a cruising airliner will be flying at. -- John Hall "Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing." Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83) I flew back from Delhi last year over Afghanistan. Fabulous scenery, but what worried me was not stingers or whatever but "friendly fire" from the US. Roger |
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