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Old 21st Oct 2023, 00:55
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jackharr
 
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Notable difference in the comments between those who think LBA is just "another airfield" and those (like me) familiar with LBA who know that it can be an utter bastard.

One little quirk is (was) the threshold of R/W 32. It has a (or had) a significant slope so as you taxied on and stopped briefly prior to take off, there was a tendency for the aircraft to want to roll BACKWARDS especially in a strong wind. As a training captain I would always advise catching that with power, not the brakes, which would possible tip the aircraft off the nosewheel.


The media still keeps saying "it skidded off runway". Maybe the term "weathercock", with those naughty four letters, wouldn't get past the censors. There are common species of birds that are sometime blanked out for similar reasons.
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