aceparts, I suspect it was a strong cross wind that caused the wing to make contact with the ground. The main runway at Alderney (08/26) is both short and narrow (877m x 23m) and it is also a tricky airport while flying in from the west with the cliffs so close to the threshold both to the south and to the west. In March 2007 I experienced how tricky a landing with strong wind from the southeast at Alderney could be. The captain of this Blue Islands Islander offered to meet us in a local pub to talk through this rough landing. The runway at Guernsey is almost twice as long and twice as wide (1463m x 45m) as the runway at Alderney. With being only 42 km apart and around 10 minutes flying time and to add to that Aurigny's home airport is GCI, the decision to fly back is very understandable.