Originally Posted by
White Knight
It's actually not a roller coaster, just compression of perspective from a long lens!
Originally Posted by
Uplinker
The hump at EGBB RWY15 is, or used to be, right at the point where you wanted to put the mains down, especially on a turbulent day.
The overall average runway slope (threshold-to-threshold) is a relatively modest 1.1% (0.6°). But if the AIP is to be believed, the gradient between the final 15 TDZ marker and the intersection with the old cross runway is a whopping 6.8% (3.9°).
So perhaps the roller-coaster description isn't that far off.
