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Old 8th Dec 2010, 17:49
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I recall reading about a BOAC Stratocruiser bound for Manchester or perhaps Burtonwood (BOAC weren't too keen on the then relatively short runway at M/C, so used Burtonwood until M/C lengthened its runway, I think) in the fifties, landing at the then active RNAS Stretton. All three airports are within about a 20 mile radius.

Also, a Spantax CV990 landing at Hamburg Finkenwerder instead of Fuhlsbuttel, in the late sixties or early seventies. This was before huge lengthening of Finkenwerder's runway for Airbus production and I think I also read that, to make things worse, there was a substantial brick building at the take off end of the runway. And the pilot was none other than Rodolfo Bay, boss of Spantax. They had to remove a lot of stuff from the CV990 for it to be able to take off. Landing must have been a bit hairy too.
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