Britain's longest aircraft runway ?
Discussion
tvrolet said:
Machrihanish was sold last month for £1...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...
oh, and the runway is 3,049 m (10,003 ft) long, and was certified to accept the shuttle (so says Wiki).
I was going to say the same thing, one of the few runways long enough to land a shuttle or the USAF long range bombershttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...
oh, and the runway is 3,049 m (10,003 ft) long, and was certified to accept the shuttle (so says Wiki).
Edited by tvrolet on Wednesday 6th June 15:39
Mr E said:
My friend learnt to fly at Manston. Apparently, you could manage quite a few touch and gos down that runway in a Piper Warrior....
I knew someone who did his first solo land away at Manston after learning at Elstree, got a bit confused by the runway size and flared at about 200 feet.Finningley was typical of a V Force Station (it had been the Vulcan OCU), being originally some 9000ft. Others would be: Scampton, Waddington, Marham (before they shortened it), Cottesmore, Wittering, and Gaydon (before BL got their hands on it).
In response to an earlier comment about St. Mawgan, this was 9000ft before they cut the ends off and was originally a MEDA (Military Emergency Diversion Airfield), then later an MDA (Military Diversion Airfield).
WRT to Swansea, RW 04/22 is less than 4500ft so I doubt very much Concorde would have held it as a Div especially when you've got Cardiff (at 7800ft) nearby!
In response to an earlier comment about St. Mawgan, this was 9000ft before they cut the ends off and was originally a MEDA (Military Emergency Diversion Airfield), then later an MDA (Military Diversion Airfield).
WRT to Swansea, RW 04/22 is less than 4500ft so I doubt very much Concorde would have held it as a Div especially when you've got Cardiff (at 7800ft) nearby!
Pork said:
Sgt Bilko said:
It would take a while to shift all the cars stored there.
Slightly O/T, but what are all those doing there? Are they all one make? That must take some organisation!rohrl said:
Not the shuttle, but Fairwood airport on Gower, near Swansea, used to be a divert for Concorde as it's not far off the New York route.
As I understand it the runway is long enough that Concorde could have landed but to take off again would have required quite a bit of resurfacing and a road closure.
I'm surprised by this, having been to Fairwood a few times it certainly isn't very long, around 4000ft I think. Cardiff is not far away and Concorde has been there several times, surely that would have been more appropriate. As I understand it the runway is long enough that Concorde could have landed but to take off again would have required quite a bit of resurfacing and a road closure.
Edited to say I've been beaten to it!
Runway lengths have little sway when the airfield crash category rating has changed. I'm not sure of the terms used, but unless it's an "o crud, the wings fallen off my very large a/c" they have to use best attempts at landing at a location which has a rating for that a/c. Useless when the airfield fire service comprises a 4x6 and a Mark 11. You need to be packing some heavy duty gear for large a/c or those carrying lots of passengers. Think a shed load of Carmichael MFVs plus support units for starters.
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