Vickers Viscount - performance issues.
I've heard it said that in the old Northeast and British Airways 806 days, the Viscounts flying from Leeds Bradford to Jersey and Guernsey would often delay their departure until the early evening as the short runway at LBA plus relatively high takeoff weights precluded midday and afternoon departures during the summer. I don't imagine performance was an issue when these fine aeroplanes were on Heathrow and Ireland duties - probably fewer stuffed suitcases and not quite as many passengers. But, how did the 806s and 802s manage during similar summer weather when departing from the Channel Islands? For comparison, the Jersey runway in the 60s and 70s wasn't much longer than LBA's (a problem for the BAC 1-11 too) and Guernsey's runway was less than 5000 ft long. Were British Midland and Dan Air Viscount 810s affected too ? They did have more powerful engines.
Thankyou.