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Old 23rd Feb 2017, 11:46
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Creampuff
 
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I've been into EN at least 400 times and find it no problem.
So had Mr Q.
No one seems to be arguing about the row of 3 hangars at the western end, and they are considerably taller than the DFO structure.
At least they are hangars. But yes: perhaps they should not be that close to the runway. (Note what I said earlier about the stonking big hangar that causes turbulence across the touchdown area of runway 35 at YSCB.)

Also, if you look at the 'footprint' of the 3 hangars compared with the 'footprint' of DFO complex including carparks, I reckon that the latter takes up about 10 times the area of the former and, as noted by Bleve, would likely have 100 times more people in it at 'peak' times.

The worst kind of failure at the worst time is likely to end up with an aircraft close to or inside the boundaries of the aerodrome. With what would it be less bad for the aircraft to impact? A hangar? Or shops/carpark full of punters?
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