Re: [GZG] Fighters and other military planes grounded by ash

Moral of the story: Plane + Volcano Plume = Bad.  :)

JGH

Allan Goodall wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Indy <indy.kochte@gmail.com 
> <mailto:indy.kochte@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     Ahhh, technology!  :-D
>      
> 
> 
> I wouldn't ditch metal jets around volcanoes quite yet.
> 
> The 1944 Vesuvius eruption destroyed between 78 and 88 B-25s of the 
> 340th Bombardment Group. Turns out that hot ash might not wreck 
> propeller-driving piston engines, but it plays hell with wings covered

> in fabric. It also melted, glazed and cracked plexiglass. Oh, and the 
> weight of the ash tipped a bunch of B-25s on their tails.
> 
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