PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - ABERDEEN
Thread: ABERDEEN
View Single Post
Old 11th Nov 2016, 16:22
  #3311 (permalink)  
exlatccatsa
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Aberdeen
Posts: 219
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
DC8

I remember the DC8 -63 I think it was, with the incredibly long fuselage and the subsequent slow climb to altitude. There were those working at Aberdeen that day thought it wasn't going to get airborne! As for AF1. I would suggest that besides the taxying and handling difficulties, the aircraft has so much extra weight, due to its specialized role, it would never be light enough to accept the restrictive length of Aberdeen's runway.
exlatccatsa is offline