Re: (meteorobs) The ice in Spain ..falls mainly from the plane....

To: meteorobs@jovian.com
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) The ice in Spain ..falls mainly from the plane....
From: Steve Harrison <ko0u@os.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 21:37:27 +0000
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At 02:23 PM 2000-01-19 -0500, you wrote:

Given all of this:

>Keep in mind that there are also fresh water fill 
>ports on airplanes. Even thought they are not intended 
>to be vented in flight, they can leak and accumulate 
>"laminar flow forms"( tear-drops) like waste water does. 
>So absence of waste-water treatment chemicals does not 
>exclude the likelihood that this is an artifact of air 
>traffic.  The fact that these are only found in Spain 
>is good evidence that, as Kim points out,  this is 
>probably from a locally operated aircraft.

Perhaps it will eventually be found that one, single aeroplane with a bad
gasket, or perhaps a newbie copilot or cabin attendant flushing something
out, was responsible for all of these "droplets".

If so, imagine the rush of lawyers to the door of the poor chap whose car
was smashed by the one.

SteveH
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(meteorobs) The ice in Spain ..falls mainly from the plane....

From: "E. L. Jones" <jonee@epixdot net>