Well ya see, they will have this big long rubber band tied between Lynmore and Poets Corner, wrap it back behind the 'bus and when shes at TO/GA they let it go and maybe if she is lightly loaded she clears the trees at the north end.
If they have to take-off to the south, then I guess Ron Hopes old place is in for one hell of a reno!
Have they actually done the extension to the north end of the field yet or are they still fighting to clear the trees and move the marae?
I'm not sure why they never did just take a bit of land to the east of Te Puke and make a big airport closing down Tauranga and Rotorua. Maybe throw Whakatane into the mix and you'd get some decent traffic not just from around NZ but maybe even more connections to Oz and the Islands.