Originally Posted by
Firestreak
The next time you land at Changi, have a good look out of the taxi window as you set off down the East Coast Parkway into town. A good long straight stretch, central reservation easily removable flower boxes, lamp posts not solid but screwed down to the ground, a few easily moved trees=an emergency runway.
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True enough, but I found sharing that fascinating fact
with the youngsters on the crew bus in recent years generally got met with a “yeah, whatever grandad”…and eyes never looked up from smartphones…..