Flying over Iceland next week
- 25 October 2010 18:0076600I will try and get photos we are flying over Iceland and back some hours later we hope to see the northern Lights close up.
- 25 October 2010 18:2776608Is that Volcano still pumping out all that Ash,get the Council's money back while you are there Vic,and if you get it change it over to £'sIf you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
- 25 October 2010 20:1076617I will let you know John,this is the first time Lesley has been in a plane and I think she is not that happy at this time. As for the council money which was our money in the first place it is goodbye to that.
- 25 October 2010 20:1376618Tell her she will be alright you sit in the plane nowadays,and you are not driving Vic!If you knew what I know,we would both be in trouble!
- 25 October 2010 20:1676619I like that John
I will tell her that. And the last time I was up in a plane was when working overseas some 30years ago. - 1 November 2010 18:5677887I have family staying at my house and in the morning my wife and me are off to the moon.
- 1 November 2010 18:5977890A return flight Vic?Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 1 November 2010 19:0077891I hope so Colin because I am standing at next years locals.
- 1 November 2010 19:1177894vic
if lesley is nervous about flying ask for seats at the back.
i have never heard of a plane reversing into a mountain. - 1 November 2010 22:3077965Thanks for that Howard, well the countdown is on so it is time for me to go,see you all later when we get back. How does that song go"Fly me to the moon" and the other one"And the cow jumped over the moon" I will find out now if that is true. .
- 4 November 2010 18:0278460Well at 0100hrs this morning we was flying about 38000ft to40,000 ft at the top of the world and by 0700hrs this morning we was back in Dover.
But what a night it was Flying over the Milky way and the Nothern Lights with the BBC Astronomers telling us all about what we were doing They are from the TV Programme "Sky at night"They were Nigel Bradbury, Paul Money,and Pete LawrenceI got both their Books .The Story of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights By Peter Lawrence,and Night Scenes 2011 by Paul,L Money,both of them sighed the books.Just to outline what we done. Before we went up they gave us 1hour Flim show and talk,this was done in the Hotel "Manor House" which is in a parish in the middle of England and when I say the Middle that where it was right in the Middle. After that we went by cars the Airport and took off at 2130hrs in a new plane yes a new plane,holding some 127 of us we then went over the Shetlands Isles and went North after some time at beween 38,000 and 40,000ft they turned off all the lights off inside and outside even the ones on the wings and then we saw it all the most spectacular natural phenomena know to man The Northern Lights,all the time Our guest astonomers guided us on our voyage of exploration and discovery through what was a crystal-clear winter sky,we also saw Jupiter, Uranus,Saturn ,and so much more it would take me over 1hour to tell you all about,never have I or my wife seen anything like it before,This was my wife s first time in a plane and at times it did get bummey and that maded her hang on to me. Also we had free packed food and hot drink etc the lights did not come back on till we was on our way back.Some of you might have done this trip if not take my word for it,it is a must for all to see, i still have the booking forms etc .In 7days time if you log into www.astrospace.co.uk they are going to put all the photos etc on to their webb.
Even the 60minute presentation about the night sky and the Northern lights by our guest astronomers was very good.Did you know that the UK AS THE MOST POLLUTED Skies per mile in the whole world yes the whole world and hat has cause that ,well nothing more than our street lights at night along our Rds a motorways, yes it is them lights that cause our skys to be so polluted and wbhen you up that high you can see the polluted mist. - 4 November 2010 18:1878463sounds like it was a great time vic, how much did it set you back?
- 4 November 2010 18:5378471My Karen Paid for it but for the two of us it was about £360,and well worth every penny of it.
- 4 November 2010 21:2978517Glad you both enjoyed it Vic, once seen never forgotten I should imagine.Tell them that I came, and no one answered.
- 4 November 2010 21:3178520Colin you could have got some great shots mate.
- 4 November 2010 22:0378523I have just been outside looked up at the clear sky,i just cannot get my head it yet,it was only this morning that my wife and me were up there looking down on some of them stars.
- 5 November 2010 07:4978546You wouldn't have gone so high that you were looking down on starts Vic - clouds yes, but not stars.
Roger - 5 November 2010 10:0078558Roger .Sorry i do not know what you are on about mate, I have just done aposting about the flight and what we saw, what are you on about.
- 5 November 2010 11:5178571I am now going to try and get a presention with film show by the BBC Sky at night team into Dover in the new year ,at this time i am finding out cost etc,I have their email ,it would be very nice for you all to see the show. But you can log into where we went and saw at www.astrospace.co.uk then go down to star flights log in the date of the 3rd of Nov and up will come the one we went on and what we saw.but not before next tuesday it takes 7days to download a flight to their webb site.
- 5 November 2010 16:3778647Vic. Are you sure you were on an aircraft? Must have been the shuttle to look down on the stars !!!www.kenrbaker.co.uk - Photo Gallery