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Old 14th November 2005 | 21:02
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MerchantVenturer

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Try ahving a look at EGGD/BRS - that has quite a wavy surface both along its length and across its width.
renard,

I suppose that's what comes from having an airport on the top of a mountain.

In the days before 11 September 2001, in fact long before that, I managed to get myself onto the flight deck of an Orion B 737 (later absorbed into Britannia) en route from BRS to FAO.

The FO was very chatty and helpful (the captain was contentedly puffing on his pipe - does that happen now? ) and I asked him about the switchback BRS runway.

He said that whenever they began their take-off roll they always hoped the runway was clear over the hill - and I got the impression he was only half joking.

Does it take a bit of getting used to, especially as I have been told the wind can be a bit tricky there at times?
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