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Old 18th Apr 2004, 01:40
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Ex Douglas Driver
 
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You'd certainly hope and expect that the project team had run the numbers for Australian conditions (and it looks like they have).

Learmonth 10000ft runway - OK (except on 40+ deg days...)
Curtin 10000ft runway - OK (except on 40+ deg days...)
Scherger 10000ft runway - see above
Darwin 11000ft runway - more than OK
Tindal 9000ft - a little more iffy but you can always offload or use Darwin.

Richmond could be the base with TOW limitations as it only has a 7000ft strip.
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