Stanstead
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I am sure the 300 or so residents of Stanstead are gutted !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanstead,_Suffolk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanstead,_Suffolk
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I am sure the 300 or so residents of Stanstead are gutted !
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanstead,_Suffolk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanstead,_Suffolk
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Perhaps it could be re-names Bishop's Stortford International ----( which is what we always called it somewhere in the middle of the last century), that should eliminate any confusion between Stansted and Stanstead.airports.
Tootle pip!!
I am very, VERY sorry! I have been corrected, and Stortford DOES indeed apparently belong to the Bishop! Thank you for pointing out my ignorance. Every day is a school day.
I will try not to bash the Bishop - sorry - criticise the Bishop again, despite my excitement at my new-found knowledge.
Last edited by pilotmike; 24th May 2019 at 16:27. Reason: Bashing the Bishop when I shouldn't
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pilotmike,
Maybe, just maybe, because that is the name of the nearby village, ( trying to recall the name of a very pleasant little pub, a welcome respite from jousting with the "Men from the Ministry" examiners) and, if I recall correctly, the name of the all over grass airfield, once in that area.
But you really knew that, didn't you??
Tootle pip!!
Maybe, just maybe, because that is the name of the nearby village, ( trying to recall the name of a very pleasant little pub, a welcome respite from jousting with the "Men from the Ministry" examiners) and, if I recall correctly, the name of the all over grass airfield, once in that area.
But you really knew that, didn't you??
Tootle pip!!
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I think he was trying to make a comment about the misplacement of the apostrophe (commonly known as the grocer's apostrophe https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/gre...27s_apostrophe), but in this case was incorrect as the town's name is in fact Bishop's Stortford
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More importantly, I wonder when the owners of the airport are actually going operate Stansted as an airport rather than a shopping centre and actually spend money on operational infrastructure. The runway is the roughest patchwork quilt of repairs than any other runway in Europe that I am aware of. The taxiways are a in a similar state, riddled with temporary steel plates over all the holes. Perhaps the owners would sort it out if the operators would start suing them for the cost of diversions as the runway is clearly not fit for purpose.
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Plane on Runway?
My wife and boys have just landed at STN from Lviv (FR1643). Reports that there was a near miss - plane on runway, passengers screaming / crying.
Is there any way to verify?
Is there any way to verify?
I believe the quotation was "A large shopping mall with an attached airport".
