Originally Posted by
dixi188
On the chart "LHR inbound routes in 1969": the runway layout is drawn much enlarged and hence the NDB beacons don't line up with the runways but are in the correct position in relation to other items on the chart.
Good point. I guess we're so used to seeing that kind of airfield representation, particularly on VFR charts, that we take it for granted.
10L/28R is about 22,000 feet long according to the scale of the chart.
