Brize Norton Runway Melting
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Brize Norton Runway Melting
Reports on Sky News that the runway is melting. Not for the first time IIRC.
Apparently steps have been taken to ensure this does not affect operations.
Apparently steps have been taken to ensure this does not affect operations.
Cranwell also has melting parking surfaces in recent days and that's before the record temperatures.
Another example of the folly of having all your eggs in one basket.
I wonder who it was who though basing all your transport fleet at one location was a good idea?
Probably an accountant…
I wonder who it was who though basing all your transport fleet at one location was a good idea?
Probably an accountant…
He was aircrew, not an accountant, although once suggested, the latter probably took ownership of the idea.
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Never been a problem in the Middle East….
You select your brew according to the conditions you expect it to mostly work in. For particularly sunny weather the insolation will make the tarmac hot, damn hot, so, in, say , DXB you need a brew that stays firm when hot. It probably won't cool down too much overnight.
In the UK it is not commonly hot and sunny very often, so you need a brew that is still flexible enoughwhen cool to cold and is resistant to lots of rain. It will not be as durable if it gets hot.
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It was a Wg Cdr Engineer - well, he was certainly on the team. Nice enough chap but just came up with the answer he was told to find.
