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Old 25th April 2006 | 12:23
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From: EGNX
Originally Posted by HEATHROW DIRECTOR
<<Heathrow's runway 26 >>
Heathrow's runways are 27/09. They used to be 28/10 until the magnetic variation changed slightly. I was on watch the night they changed. They used every vehicle they had to try and shift the runways round... finally I added my trusty old Reliant Robin to the rope and we managed to pull them round in time for the first lander.

Out of interest when do they become 28/10 again?
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