EasyJet claims it has a miraculous new volcanic ash detector
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From: Mxsmanic on 4 Jun 2010 11:38 http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/04/volcanic.ash.easyjet.detector/index.html
From: a on 4 Jun 2010 14:26 On Jun 4, 11:38 am, Mxsmanic <mxsma...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/04/volcanic.ash.easyjet.detector/ind... Can we make it a crime to twist words so as to create a clever acronym? The new system -- dubbed the Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and Detector (AVOID) - was developed by Dr Fred Prata of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research and has the backing of the British Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). People get paid money to come up with Characters Rearranged Avoiding Pertinence like that.
From: jimp on 4 Jun 2010 15:03
In rec.aviation.piloting a <pappson(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Jun 4, 11:38 am, Mxsmanic <mxsma...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> http://us.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/04/volcanic.ash.easyjet.detector/ind... > > Can we make it a crime to twist words so as to create a clever > acronym? > > The new system -- dubbed the Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and > Detector (AVOID) - was developed by Dr Fred Prata of the Norwegian > Institute for Air Research and has the backing of the British Civil > Aviation Authority (CAA). > > People get paid money to come up with Characters Rearranged Avoiding > Pertinence like that. There's that and that the technology is about 40 years old at least. Back in the early 70's I was paying my tutition by (among other things) bolting sensors on airplanes to measure tiny particulates at altitude. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |