Bet you lot are all tucked up in bed....

[arron]

as opposed to me, stuck in bloody Dubai again on my way home. Only another 3 hour wait, 7 hour flight and 2 hours drive home....

OK, answer me this :

Outbound flights, London to Dubai - 6 hours, Dubai to Shanghai 7 hours

Inbound flights, Shanghai to Dubai - 9.5 hours, Dubai to London 7.5 hours

Same route, same mileage. Why the time difference ?

Obviously head winds play a part but I also thought that maybe on the East to West flight direction the spin direction of the earth contributes as well - London is moving away at 1100 mph as the earth spins, yes the aircraft moves relative to the atmosphere which will also be spinning with the planet but does anyone think there might be a bit of 'slippage' contributing to increased flight time ?

Sorry - babbling now, something to do with another 30 hours without sleep in one week....

[GP4]

I'm still up . I have the dubious honour of being an insomniac afflicted with sleep apnea...BARGAIN!!!

[Banishit]

Arron, my little brother is an Airline Pilot and he says the winds around the equator make a big difference and the flight to China uses a different air corridor, the return uses a flight path more northern arced so has further to travel , so the 2 things combined lengthen the journey, then theres also the due landing times, they may have say 3 hours on the ground at London but all the spots are full until say 9am but they will arrive at 8:30 so they fly slower so they dont arrive too early

HTH's lol

the flight to Aus takes average 21-22 hours the return takes 24 +

[graham John]

doesnt seem to bother Doctor who




cheeRS

[Banishit]

? Dr Who ? who's that ?

[grum]

Arron, suggest when you get back, start looking for another job mate !!! this one cleary isnt for you now - you're moaning about it too much

[Dave1800BDA]

Arron, ok youre coming home, well ive put car back just how you left it, disconnected speedo so no worries there, slightly worn tyres tho, sorry about that. Cleaned the house, no beer left tho.
just off, keys under the mat, see you soon.

[RabC-RS2-77]

Arron, suggest when you get back, start looking for another job mate !!! this one cleary isnt for you now - you're moaning about it too much

"GIZ A JOB I CAN DO THAT"...........

[Dave1800BDA]

do you know what arron does rab.
he is a wine/drinks tester on flights and airport lounges all round the world, do you think you could handle that

[RabC-RS2-77]

do you know what arron does rab.
he is a wine/drinks tester on flights and airport lounges all round the world, do you think you could handle that

is the a doo in scooby doo,

[Dave1800BDA]

is the a doo in scooby doo,

lol like it, yes defo a do in doo, scooby looks like hes been out on the town

thats not a pic of your hound lark

[RabC-RS2-77]

no this is my scooby doo !
lovely pit bull ! but keen, like olde rab, LARK!

PUT A PAIR OF BRACES ON HIM & YOU CAN SEE THE RESEMBLENCE,

[Dave1800BDA]

good pic rab, yes i can see similaraties

we got a little all black patterdale terrier, good for ratting

[RabC-RS2-77]

rat'n lark, na tha talk'n..
so dus tha do a bit of rat'n & pow'chin, lark !

ps i think we've er hijacked this thread dave, lol..

[Dave1800BDA]

rat'n lark, na tha talk'n..
so dus tha do a bit of rat'n & pow'chin, lark !

ps i think we've er hijacked this thread dave, lol..

nooo pow'chin, brother in law takes his terriers out ratting round the local farms, our dog goes as well lark, once theyre got a sniff theres no stopping, use the olde smoker as well

arron wont mind hes too tired