Steve,
No offence taken. I agree it was not "sensationalist" in a tabloid "NT News" sense, but it was still full of errors and some make-believe. I wholeheartedly agree with you that it was "well balanced". Half fact and half fiction.
Mr Thomas has obviously got some detailed facts right - the runway length and, I presume as I don't have one handy, the p-chart figures (although what "normal circumstances" are he does not say and I needn't need to go into that quagmire!)
I hope for my opinion of Mr Thomas's aviation writing abilities that the intervening woven words were indeed those of a sub editor. Mr Thomas is a reader of these fora from time to time and perhaps he might like to defend himself?
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And yes your concerns on aviation fire fighting, I could not agree more. As a frequent user of YPJT, I would like the services of a ARFF service at hand. Sadly though, it's a user pays world.
Cheers
CS
