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HEATHROW DIRECTOR
19th Nov 2002, 12:17
What was all that on teletext this morning... about a giant Christmas tree in Sussex going to be used as a new "approach beacon" for pilots landing at Gatwick?
Just so long as they don't use the one in Trafalgar Square by mistake - recall the two gasometers north of Heathrow!
Gonzo
19th Nov 2002, 13:09
Gatwick must have decided that there are alternatives to MLS!
Gonzo.
niknak
19th Nov 2002, 18:28
How else do you expect Santa to find NATS HQ to deliver well earned christmas gifts to those hard working NATS directors and management....................:p
Dan Dare
19th Nov 2002, 21:25
Actually I was wondering all day how lights on the Giant Redwood in Kew Gardens was going to help anyone on their way to Gatwick. You don't thing that the CEEFAX journos got their facts wrong do you?
Papa Charlie
26th Nov 2002, 16:09
DD
Actually the tree is at Wakehurst which is "owned" by Kew Gardens. Wakehurst is just north of Ardingly resevoir and probably only about 15 miles from Gatwick as the crow or 747 flies.....
:)
Spitoon
26th Nov 2002, 17:26
It's actually a rather attractive sight.
How do I know a month before Christmas? Because it's been lit up and visible for miles for as many years as I care to remember.