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Old 16th Dec 2012, 17:14
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chevvron
 
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Shame on you Bren; don't you recall that Heathrow's runways were originally numbered 1 - 7/8? Some TV news reporters still used these numbers up to a few years ago.
Lanc53, this numbering system had nothing to do with magnetic bearing.
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