Originally Posted by
Chris Scott
Hello Courtney Mil:
"The top gate is measured using the altimeter, not visual cues. On the way down the altimeter is the main gauge too until the very late stages; even then it's the King. I think I see where you're going with this, but I would consider it unlikely."
Thanks for that. I wouldn't want you, aox, thing or anyone else to think I'm offering height misconception caused by the scaled-down runway at Shoreham as a primary factor in this accident. But, if (for whatever reason) the pilot was at any stage disoriented, and if he had then seen the runway, it might not have helped in sorting things out.
Quote from Union Jack:
"Turnhouse should not be described as a provincial airport, since it serves the capital of Scotland, by definition the very antithesis of a province.
"Glasgow on the other hand....."
Quite, but it worked as an attention-checker! Yes, and Abbotsinch (or Renfrew, as one of my old skippers persisted in calling it) Rwy 05/23 (46m x 2665m) fits the bill even better. As for "provincial" airfields, how about Aldergrove's 07/25 (45m x 2780m)?
Runway 23/05 could add to the laundry bill in a 25 knot crosswind when flying a BAC111 in the 60s in a dark and dirty night before the new runway was built.