RAF Typhoons land on road in Finland
Most people are so aware of the autobahn/M55 precedents that it's a bit of a cliche. I think the narrative here is that, rather than 4/6 lanes and a hard shoulder, this strip is appears little more than single carriageway running through a closely packed forest.
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To give an idea of the width of the road. Lane width 2,6m, total paved area width ca. 5,5m.
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I wonder how much drag that screw causes? You would think they could have faired it over.
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Or $1 mm from BAe
and very few roads in the Uk are straight and without bridges
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I guess one landing challenge is the unusual visual perspective of the 'runway' compared with the norm.
Apart from demonstrating an aircraft's capability it is irrelevant in the UK. There are dozens of proper runways that could be used before you'd have to resort to roads.
Whilst there might be suitable roads in the UK where this could be done but hasn't eg the 'famous' stretch of the A1 north of the disused Woolfox Lodge Bloodhound site, it would only be for a 'role demonstration' not for actual ops.
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