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9th Apr 2014, 13:11

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Genghis the Engineer

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I've seen Torquil Norman fly his Rapide off 410m of grass, without difficulty, albeit quite lightweight.

Half a mile is near as dammit 800m, or about the length of Popham, which I've seen a DC3 flown from also.

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