Ghost Ship Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Not totally relevant but I was watching a Culture Vannin programme on Youtube about tourism. It had an excerpt from a 1949 film which stated quite clearly that at that time Ronaldsway held the UK record for the most aircraft movements in a single day(!). Does anyone if that is true? Seems farfetched to me... Holiday Isle: A history of tourism in the Isle of Man - YouTube 44 minutes in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
english zloty Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 minute ago, Ghost Ship said: Not totally relevant but I was watching a Culture Vannin programme on Youtube about tourism. It had an excerpt from a 1949 film which stated quite clearly that at that time Ronaldsway held the UK record for the most aircraft movements in a single day(!). Does anyone if that is true? Seems farfetched to me... Holiday Isle: A history of tourism in the Isle of Man - YouTube 44 minutes in Yes. For quite a time it was the busiest commercial airport 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, asitis said: The whole airport edifice is the beta version imo ! and beta testing has concluded its an F up. The Airport isn't beta. It's so far down the Greek alphabet that there isn't even a virus named after it yet. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 3 hours ago, english zloty said: Yes. For quite a time it was the busiest commercial airport at the opposite end of the spectrum now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanShimmin Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Ghost Ship said: Not totally relevant but I was watching a Culture Vannin programme on Youtube about tourism. It had an excerpt from a 1949 film which stated quite clearly that at that time Ronaldsway held the UK record for the most aircraft movements in a single day(!). Does anyone if that is true? Seems farfetched to me... Holiday Isle: A history of tourism in the Isle of Man - YouTube 44 minutes in Probably the same magic abacus DOI use to count choo choo train passengers that don't actually exist. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) Spotted one of the airports new fire tenders heading towards Braddan bridge the other day. Big unit all yellow and looked pretty impressive tbh . Think they have 3 or 4 of them . Was told that they've had them for awhile but DOI hadn't signed them over so maybe it was heading to test center , who knows ! . Edited July 15, 2021 by Numbnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightening McQueen Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 37 minutes ago, Numbnuts said: Spotted one of the airports new fire tenders heading towards Braddan bridge the other day. Big unit all yellow and looked pretty impressive tbh . Think they have 3 or 4 of them . Was told that they've had them for awhile but DOI hadn't signed them over so maybe it was heading to test center , who knows ! . On its way to wash away the graffiti off the Prom and overspill from the roundels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Loganair ending Heathrow. Last flight 10 Aug. Government subsidy run out ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 11:18 PM, Numbnuts said: Spotted one of the airports new fire tenders heading towards Braddan bridge the other day. Big unit all yellow and looked pretty impressive tbh . Think they have 3 or 4 of them . Was told that they've had them for awhile but DOI hadn't signed them over so maybe it was heading to test center , who knows ! . Ah, the ones they had to build the larger garage for because they were bigger than the old ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 8 minutes ago, John Wright said: Ah, the ones they had to build the larger garage for because they were bigger than the old ones. It was very big !! Impressive tbh but sounds right . Bit like the Police station that they couldnt get the vehice in used for transporting prisioners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, Numbnuts said: It was very big !! Impressive tbh but sounds right . Bit like the Police station that they couldnt get the vehice in used for transporting prisioners The entrance to the cells at the courthouse round the back behind CGO was too low. Apparently the young lady from the architects who had been sent to measure the transfer van hadn't realised the roof domed towards the middle (more headroom for passageway between internal cells). The opening was unable be raised as the structure was holding up the roof of the below ground car park. So they had to excavate the ground out, which then required alterations to the power cables and drainage running under it. I still remember watching as the van sat outside and the various parties measured and remeasured in some vain hope there was a magical solution. There wasn't. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 20 minutes ago, CallMeCurious said: The entrance to the cells at the courthouse round the back behind CGO was too low. Apparently the young lady from the architects who had been sent to measure the transfer van hadn't realised the roof domed towards the middle (more headroom for passageway between internal cells). The opening was unable be raised as the structure was holding up the roof of the below ground car park. So they had to excavate the ground out, which then required alterations to the power cables and drainage running under it. I still remember watching as the van sat outside and the various parties measured and remeasured in some vain hope there was a magical solution. There wasn't. It wasn’t the vehicle having a dome, more not taking into account what happens to the height of the vehicle above the floor level, and thus clearance required, when the front wheels hit the level ground at the bottom of the slope entrance to the Government car park. There aren’t any buildings on top. There may be services, but it’s under the square in front of the court and to the side of the wedding room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 12 minutes ago, CallMeCurious said: The entrance to the cells at the courthouse round the back behind CGO was too low. Apparently the young lady from the architects who had been sent to measure the transfer van hadn't realised the roof domed towards the middle (more headroom for passageway between internal cells). The opening was unable be raised as the structure was holding up the roof of the below ground car park. So they had to excavate the ground out, which then required alterations to the power cables and drainage running under it. I still remember watching as the van sat outside and the various parties measured and remeasured in some vain hope there was a magical solution. There wasn't. I hear on the bush telegraph that the Corpy don't have a cherry picker that stretches high enough to commission the new promenade street lights , so how they are going to be Maintained or lights replaced is anyones guess , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallMeCurious Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Just now, Omobono said: I hear on the bush telegraph that the Corpy don't have a cherry picker that stretches high enough to commission the new promenade street lights , so how they are going to be Maintained or lights replaced is anyones guess , Apprentice strapped to a drone? Specially trained seagulls? Or hire HSS or the like at £500+ a day? On the bright side, they will be superduper LED save-the-planet fittings so will last a gazillion years. Until they don't. Won't they be DoI lamposts now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramseyboi Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 5 minutes ago, Omobono said: I hear on the bush telegraph that the Corpy don't have a cherry picker that stretches high enough to commission the new promenade street lights , so how they are going to be Maintained or lights replaced is anyones guess , Use one of the Gibb brothers in the existing Cherry picker. Stood near them at the weekend and those boys are well tall, and at about 57k each cost about the same as a corpy boy on overtime. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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