Re: A/C off the runway in CPH
Tribo et al
No they pre-dated the trials that I was involed in.
I believe that the Hunter trials were done @ Cranfield where they had ponds formed on the runway using rubber strips and could flood these (they left a strip free for the nose wheel so that the pilot could steer the a/c) upto aquaplaning depth. Told that the sight of a hunter aquaplaning is very spectacular.
The trials I refered to, I think, sort of came out of those early trials, Cranfield was the trials authority, the company I worked for supplied the engineering & kinetheodolite staff (me), they took about 4 months to do, mainly because of needing dry calm conditions. Maxeret serviceability was interesting as we had lots of burst tyres on the larger a/c & the brakes seize solid on a Victor @ Scampton half way down the runway (we wer'nt very popular as it shut the airfield while they jacked the aircraft up and removed the brakes so they could tow it away)