based here but what impact does the temperatures have on operations? station commander group captain billy cooper. let s go back to that day injuly. what sort of impact does the temperatures have on coningsby? any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on modern aircraft. in particular the engine performance, and very high altitude or temperature. we find the density of the fuel will change so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can be different. at coningsby you have the quick reaction alert squadron who have to be up in the air at a moments notice what sort of weather impacts do look at? if any areas were particularly cloudy, which might make it difficult for us
temperature ever was recorded this summer, 40.3 celsius. behind me are some of the typhoon aircraft based at this station, but what sort of impact do the temperatures have on operations here? well, tojoin me to tell me more is the station commander group captain billy cooper. good to meet you, billy. let s first go back to that day injuly. record breaking temperatures above 40 degrees. what sort of impact does that have on operations here at coningsby? so any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on very modern aircraft. in particular the performance of the engines, either at very high altitude or very high temperature. we find also the density of the fuel will change, so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can also be quite different. at coningsby you have the quick reaction alert squadron who have alert squadron who have to be up in the air at almost a moment s notice.
in the uk ever recorded was the summer, 40.3 celsius. behind me are some typhoon aircraft based here but what impact does the temperatures have on operations? joining me, the station commander group captain billy cooper. let s go back to that day injuly. what sort of impact does the temperatures have on coningsby? any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on modern aircraft. in particular the engine performance, and very high altitude or temperature. we find the density of the fuel will change so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can be different. at coningsby you have the quick reaction alert squadron who have to be up in the air at a moments notice what sort of weather impacts do look at?
ian wreaks havoc in florida. welcome back to raf coningsby. this base has a special place in my heart, it is where i started forecasting and it is the place with the highest temperature in the uk ever recorded was this summer, 40.3 celsius. behind me are some typhoon aircraft based here but what impact does the temperatures have on operations? joining me is station commander group captain billy cooper. let s go back to that day injuly. what sort of impact does the temperatures have on coningsby? any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on modern aircraft. in particular the engine performance, and very high altitude or temperature. we find the density of the fuel will change so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can be different. at coningsby you have the quick reaction alert squadron who have to be up in the air at a moments
behind me are some typhoon aircraft based here but what impact does the temperatures have on operations? joining me, the station commander group captain billy cooper. let s go back to that day injuly. what sort of impact does the temperatures have on coningsby? any extremes of weather and particularly temperature can have an effect even on modern aircraft. in particular the engine performance, and very high altitude or temperature. we find the density of the fuel will change so the way in which the maintainers operate with the aircraft can be different. at coningsby you have the quick reaction alert squadron who have to be up in the air at a moments notice what sort of weather impacts do look at? we have to be aware of what the weather conditions are notjust here at coningsby but across the uk and europe and we ve been particularly