As I wrote (after having researched it), Wittering/Collyweston had a 3 mile grass runway at the end of the war, not a 5 mile runway!
Brize is 10000 ft, by the way. As one of nigel's 747 crew discovered when they used the Thiefrow figures (12000 ft) instead of the Brize figures for a reduced thrust take-off back in the early 80s. Rotation occurred rather close to the far end, I was told.
Last edited by BEagle; 28th Nov 2006 at 10:52.