Halfpenny Green 10/28 u/s
Halfpenny Green 10/28 u/s
More GA related than commercial, but the somewhat flaky 10/28 strip at EGBO got a bit worse with the departure of a DH Vampire on Sunday ..
10/28 has had poor surface condition for a while, and it seems that the jetwash from the Vampire was the last straw. NOTAM's show it as closed for at least a month ... it's been needing re-surfacing for a while already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX3_mQZ4gY8
10/28 has had poor surface condition for a while, and it seems that the jetwash from the Vampire was the last straw. NOTAM's show it as closed for at least a month ... it's been needing re-surfacing for a while already.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX3_mQZ4gY8
Oh .. and, the completely unsubstantiated rumour to go with this little tale ... a while ago McAlpine (of construction fame) had a couple of twin squirrels at the airport, paying a minimal parking fee and daily sucking up significant amounts of (highly profitable) fuel ... when the new airport manager took over he wanted to up their parking fees by a significant amount ... what I heard was that McAlpine offered to re-surface the runways in exchange for parking/hangarage ... and were turned down 
The twinstars are no longer based at EGBO ... and the runways are deteriorating.
The twinstars are no longer based at EGBO ... and the runways are deteriorating.
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