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Old 2nd Mar 2004, 13:54
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Gainesy

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One afternoon at Akrotiri in 1970 or 1971, a Britannia burst two or three tires on landing (R/way 27) and came to a stop just beyond the PAR.

For some reason a Vulcan could not divert and so landed with the Brit still on the runway. The V streamed the brakechute at about 50ft just as it crossed the downwind barrier, landed quite firmly and stopped round about the eastern access. Dunno what the length of that is, but it is v. short. Vaguely remember that the a/c captain got an AOC's rec.

Oh, and the turn out of all and sundry to watch this event was one of the larger audiences, to the extent that Tony the Sarnie Man from the kiosk in Ops car park actually closed and went to see what was happening.
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