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Old 17th Jul 2007, 07:00
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A2QFI
 
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I'd put money on a clean F-4 with a side-bet on a lightly fuelled PR9. The first one delivered to Akrotiri in 1964 did a low overshoot and was about 10,000 ft at the end of the 9,000 runway. I do appreciate that this is not the same as a standing start but it was pretty impressive.
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