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Old 11th Apr 2008, 15:36
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Landing at little-used airfields can sometimes be...well, shall we say, the pilot needs to use caution.
Flying F.27's in Libya many years ago, we always had the local area oil company manager check the runway prior to landing.
Camels, you see.
Hit one of these, and even our forty four thousand pound turboprop would be rather severely damaged.
Then there were the odd truck drivers who would park on the runway for an afternoon nap.
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