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Old 10th Jul 2017, 07:29
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Yerzz. Well, I can recall going down to Eaglefarm one morning 0200 or so and immediately going home - below take-off minimums and certain to remain so for many hours. Secondary consideration, no take-off alternate due fog S to Sydney N to Townsville and W to Alice. ILS - none of any kind at Townsville until the new boys arrived c. 1989. Are we alone in this? LHR a few years back, temps around zero and a bit of a shower... they have THREE de-icing trucks on the airport. So, hundreds of aircraft overnighted their pax. We gave up at midnight and finished up in some magic little pub up the Thames valley somewhere which I have been searching for ever since, and
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