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Old 21st April 2008 | 15:28
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Flying Farmer
 
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Ok I will bite, it's procedural only, so none of the safeguards of CAS.

Its short, at around (don't quote me!) 1200 Mts, so we are often WT limited for both take off and landing, all good fun in a 20 Tonne aircraft. Given icing conditions or a wet runway we can be severely restricted on wt ie: chuck off passengers or fuel!

Only one ILS to 31, the other end (13) is an NDB approach on to a downhill runway. The weather at Plymouth when its bad is nasty, with a northerly coming over Dartmoor the approach to 31 can be very turbulent.

In comparison Bristol is easy, other major airports a doddle
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