Originally Posted by
SpringHeeledJack
I thought that the unsurmountable issue with the Thames Estuary airport was the bird-migration routes that have existed for thousands of years ? It would be unlikely that the various bird species would alter their behaviour and would make safe flying impossible in the vicinity due to engine ingestion.
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IIRC Boris planned to commission 1000 mechanical replicas of his fine self to scare the birds away