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Old 1st Jul 2020, 08:32
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staircase
 
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why use the Lichfield crossing at present?

Sitting at home very bored and watching flightradar24, I notice that the tankers heading for the North Sea are leaving Brize and crossing the airway at Lichfield.

In normal times I could understand this, used it myself when I was working for the Queen, but why go northwest for 100 miles when your destination is northeast?

Given the amount of Air Traffic on the airway system at present, why not just get airborne from Brize and point it at the North Sea?

And wonderful to watch the C19 at BHX yesterday afternoon - excellent!
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