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Old 13th Sep 2014, 06:58
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DaveReidUK
 
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If it's OK to have an enormously long runway and use one half for landing and the other half for take-off
It hasn't yet been established if it's "OK". Even the proponents of the scheme admit that the safety case is far from proven.

And aside from that, the proportion of Heathrow movements that could operate satisfactorily from an 1800m runway is pretty small.
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