Originally Posted by
HZ123
Airborne at about 1300 hours today returning some 2 hours later, completing the exercise with a couple of missed approaches. Many in SE England would like to know what day it is looking to depart for good, as I missed it today leaving SEN at 11;30 hours. What a bottomer.
Were the missed approaches planned or a consequence of the short runway. I have only been to SEN once (2001) and from memory the LDA is less than 1300 metres, short for even an empty B707.