Hi Julian
That's a nightmare for the scheduler then! I am waiting with some
trepidation for when they open Alconbury to airlines, as someone keeps
threatening to do.
OM content: it would be easier to take photos of interesting aircraft
if they passed overhead my place of work (3 miles finals...)
Chris
On Monday, Jul 21, 2003, at 22:11 Europe/London, Julian Davies wrote:
Hi Chris.
Not so much active research, more too much time working / living
(weekdays)
in the area.
While it's true that aircraft land / take off into wind, at Heathrow
they
are constrained by a change ends twice a day rule, and a swap of left
and
right runways as well. This is done to spread the noise around, but
since
the residents of Slough have less clout than the residents of
Kensington,
the prevailing South Westerly is used as an excuse to schedule the busy
times for landings over the city and takeoffs over Berkshire. Can
change
when HM is in residence. Since the prevailing winds aren't strong, it
doesn't make much difference.
When the winds get strong, life gets interesting. sometimes they use
the
cross runway which is seriously shorter than the other two. I worked
in an
office where it seemed like the planes were falling off the roof past
the
window when they did that!
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