Aviation Thread (https://www.reforestnation.ie/offset-your-carbon)

There was an Iranian lad on Newsnight arguing that Trump was responsible for the airliner coming down because his tweets had wound the missile lads up or something. He’d fit in well around here with that imaginative debating style :joy::joy:

At least the Iranians have let that Yanks know that their surface to air missiles work.

@gaillimhmick has argued that

Iran is morally superior to the US in conflict

It’s a good job no one was smoking

Jet fuel isn’t very flammable for safety reasons. But how flammable I don’t know.

yippee ki yay motherfucker

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Begod and you’re right. Tis practically the same As the stuff that I heat the house with. Kerosene with a few additives.

The Greens will want them running on electric shortly if not already. The likes of Eamon Ryan has plenty of time on his hands to sit around airports waiting on the incoming flight to be charged up before heading off again

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Flight delayed for 3 hours as we’ve no free plug socket

Just checked his policy on air travel there, he wants it banned basically. You may drive to the US in your electric car charged using electricity from fossil fuel burning power stations the next time you’re going

They’ll need a big battery

An Air Canada 767-300 in bother over Madrid…Let’s hope it doesn’t end up in the Aviation Disasters Thread.

Reporting a lost landing gear?

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Yerra it’ll be the finest.

If you are on that it is scary. Should be fine though.