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Old 26th Feb 2010, 13:28
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Hold Short --- How short is short ?



Read the origional text

So the ATC says hold short runway 36.

I elect to hold 3 meters from the runway edge.
That’s short of the runway

I am NOT told this will not give enough wing tip clearance from the aircraft using the runway, which may not stay on the centerline, and may veer to one side, who's wing may then hang over the runway edge by more than 3 meters.

Bang!
That’s the sound the wing tip makes as it slices through my cockpit.

As a pilot the only thing I need to know is that I am as instructed "holding short of the runway"

So how short is short ?
Its just not good R/T and there are many pilots out there that will not know how close they are allowed to get to the runway.
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