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Old 31st Dec 2018, 10:30
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Originally Posted by rustyflyer
Jan, that piqued my interest so I had a scan on Google maps & found it! Bit challenging....

https://goo.gl/JLEWut

Russ Ware
Not only 'challenging, but definitely closed since the bad 1976 accident.

Originally Posted by Sam Rutherford
So, I'm looking for an airport that can take a Fokker 100 or similar/bigger, as close as possible to the ski lifts.

Current winner is Aosta, followed closely by Sion - any others though?
I doubt you get a loaded F100 off Aosta, runway is about 200m too short for legal take-off.Leaves Sion, which would work. Why not make an adventure of the to us now unknown occasion? A C130 will only get you about max 64 parachute troops in there, s maybe hire two or a C-17 (we got 100 parachute troops barely in that) and drop the crowd above the ski resort?

100 people load will not get you a lot of chances and limiting will be take-off, or do you want to leave them there? A smaller aircraft and x shuttle flights may be a better choice.
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