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 to be up in the air at almost a moment s notice. what sort of weather impacts do they look out for? we have to be aware of what the weather conditions are, not only here at coningsby but across all of the uk and into europ
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.
11 to eight and now it will come down further. tojoin me in a couple minutes time. hello again. it s been another hot day of east england with temperatures reaching the low 30s. and like recent nights, that he will be captain in the capital in particular, london starting off the night with temperatures similar to the mid 20s for another uncomfortable night sleep here. across southern england, the odd spot of rain but no great amount, fresher conditions and northern england, north island in scotland and more comfortable conditions. tomorrow, there will be something of a change in the weather picture and recent conditions for scotland and northern ireland and the mixture of sunny spells and what are two showers and drierfor sunny spells and what are two showers and drier for england and wales with sunshine and quite a range of temperatures, generally high teens the low 20s in the northern half of the country were still hanging onto the hot air
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