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Originally Posted by SWBKCB
(Post 11508416)
Is a newspaper posting the wrong picture to illustrate an aviation story really news? Most of them don't know their a*se from their elbow :rolleyes:
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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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The ultimate dispersal ac - bring back the Harrier - it was retired far too early!
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Originally Posted by Beamr
(Post 11508564)
To give an idea of the width of the road. Lane width 2,6m, total paved area width ca. 5,5m.
https://twitter.com/TeroTweet/status...97656584044948 |
Looks like it just got back from the vet, forlorn, wings folded.
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I wonder how much drag that screw causes? You would think they could have faired it over. |
Couldn’t do that in Ozstralia, locals have enough trouble merging on a three lane freeway.
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Originally Posted by gamecock
(Post 11508670)
Or $1 mm from BAe |
You couldn't do it in the UK because there's probably not a decent piece of road without potholes or cracks in it.
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and very few roads in the Uk are straight and without bridges
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Piece of p1ss.
Nice to see they've built parking areas at the end of the strip just like the ones in Cyprus. |
I guess one landing challenge is the unusual visual perspective of the 'runway' compared with the norm.
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Originally Posted by GeeRam
(Post 11508346)
Hardly surprising given the almost zero lack of knowledge or ability to spend 5mins on Google that these modern journo's have these days.
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Excellent, Highways Agency are now surveying UK roads for a section long enough without pot holes.
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Originally Posted by Jay See
(Post 11510288)
Excellent, Highways Agency are now surveying UK roads for a section long enough without pot holes.
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Originally Posted by Stationair8
(Post 11508684)
Couldn’t do that in Ozstralia, locals have enough trouble merging on a three lane freeway.
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Originally Posted by Tartiflette Fan
(Post 11510366)
Jokes aside. how significant a problem would this be for fighter aircraft ? What degree of uneveness could an aircraft absorb without being thrown off-line ?
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Originally Posted by Video Mixdown
(Post 11510475)
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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