EricTCartman, Hi
Are you sure it was Malta?? Thar's a funny way to go to Oz and the intention was Westabout.
JW 411, Hello
The Belfast has so many main wheels that she can operate off surprisingly low LCN's ( or pcn's as you wish). If the pressures are dropped to 120 psi you can operate down to 23 or so.
We operated into many short strips with very low strength pavements over the last 23 years without problems. Stopping was never a problem it was getting airborne that caused the odd rear twinges!