they have put 4 of these in, in estonia prior to unhooking from Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_condenser
They are putting more wind power in this year as well.
Sorry I got the jumble of letters wrong.
ACARs allows us to email various people and get weather.
CPDLC is the system for coms with ATC. And of course there are two different systems which don't talk to each other. But that's an international issue not domestic.
the one I am thinking of was commissioned around 2010 I think. Possibly to replace that one.
Sorry to be geeky but we fly over it/to the right of it when we come into land on runways 24.
https://metro.co.uk/2025/04/29/flights-cancelled-power-outage-spain-portugal-madrid-barcelona-22991117/
Now to be honest I think strike season has started in Belgium anyway so Brussels being cancelled is pretty much normal this time of year.
Apparently it wasn't that bad they could still pump beer in the terminal. Immigration could function if you had a form of travel document they didn't need to link into an external server.
This is from people who were subjected to both events.
The aircraft had right of way because it was restricted in movement and performance.
And yes there is a system called ACARS but has to much latency for aerodrome. Plus also we use what we hear to other traffic for situational awareness.
Another issue with mil traffic is sometimes they only...
On a side related issue. Barcelona airport kept on landing aircraft. The lights stayed on.
London Heathrow couldn't manage that when the transformer went bang.
From what I can see they had critical services backup in place, and it worked well.
Well round me they are saying computer sabotage by you know who.
But that's likely linked to the de-sync from the Russian grid a couple of months ago. There will be political push to re synchronise again and finish the reactors in Kaliningrad
I seem to remember there is something to do with buckling as well.
This seems to remember is from watching a paper given by PRof Jim Rhodes on thin walled steel structures 25 years ago...
oh nice find. And not strange!
And thanks tug for replying, it was you I was aiming at for interpretation of the thing I posted. I found it strange as well.
