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Bellini Member Since: 11 Jan 2012 Location: Berkshire Posts: 2261 |
I'm fully in agreement with the proposal.
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1st Jul 2015 4:06pm |
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stoutgoose Member Since: 08 Jan 2015 Location: London Posts: 186 |
RAF Northolt is ideally placed and under-utilised. If the runway is realigned East-west to mirror Heathrow, this will permit parallel operations.
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1st Jul 2015 4:13pm |
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johnboyairey Member Since: 11 Jan 2013 Location: surrey Posts: 2032 |
We need to have a short lived prime minister, (like when D.C. bows out soon, before his tenure is up, as he doesn't want 'a third term' ) to take his name into the history books, (as the blame goes to him,) to announce the flattening of 800 houses etc. then around 10-15 years later, a new Premier, to re-champion the cause and snip the ribbon!
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1st Jul 2015 4:44pm |
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SoggyBottoms Member Since: 05 May 2012 Location: Northants. Posts: 457 |
Northolt runway is only long enough for local aircraft and there is no room for expansion unless they bulldoze West Ruislip and remodel Western Avenue from Polish for a ways
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1st Jul 2015 4:50pm |
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stan Site Moderator Member Since: 13 Jul 2010 Location: a moderate moderated moderator moderating moderately in moderation Posts: 35329 |
looking at this logically, if you expand heathrow that means more passengers and more road congestion...why not use an old raf airfield like lyneham or similar and spread the load so to speak.....this will energise the local community and save the people loads on fuel and time trying to get to heathrow.. ... - .- -.
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1st Jul 2015 4:57pm |
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ajac8 Member Since: 04 Oct 2011 Location: Shakespeares County Posts: 1655 |
Just another Londoncentric development on the back of 'supporting the whole country'.
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1st Jul 2015 4:59pm |
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Alistair Member Since: 11 Feb 2011 Location: Peterborough / Bordeaux / Andorra Posts: 7937 |
It's about creating a hub airport - no point building lots of little airfields all over the country - that's not what it's about.
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1st Jul 2015 5:12pm |
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stoutgoose Member Since: 08 Jan 2015 Location: London Posts: 186 |
I agree that you couldn't get a 3 mile runway there, but by realigning and using it as a dedicated short haul runway, you could divert a large proportion of A320/737 medium type aircraft that can easily use this length, leaving the longer runways for heavy traffic. This solution was investigated during the enquiry, however I believe there is a lot of expensive property in the area occupied by influential people! |
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1st Jul 2015 6:12pm |
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Andy B Member Since: 03 Apr 2012 Location: West Malling Posts: 1223 |
Gatwick every time. Great transport links via the M23 and Victoria station as opposed to the western section of the M25 and the picyerwilly tube line. Also much less impact wrt demolishing homes, much cheaper for the Government (read taxpayers like us). Also Heathrow is busting the European air quality limits already, add another runway and the Gov needs to provide oxygen masks to those on the flightpath
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1st Jul 2015 7:09pm |
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Muttley Member Since: 21 Apr 2013 Location: Heathrow Posts: 536 |
Heathrow every time all because a few thousand residents will have to relocate but know one sees how many that would be put out of work if mad Borris has his way , not just the people that work at Heathrow but all the company's that rely on this airport for there jobs. It make me laugh the amount of people that really have no idea what will happen if Heathrow goes, probably because they don't live anywhere near it and don't have a clue of the impact it would have if it doesn't expand. As a resident very close to Heathrow , the tunnel for terminall 6 is already there and most of everything else is set up for it to expand. My rant over ! Current : 4.2 S/C, now Sold Previous : V70 Volvo, S40 Volvo ( a very reliable old banger ), E39 M5, Carlton Diplomat and the list goes on Life Sucks but ya just have to do the best you can with what you have ! |
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1st Jul 2015 7:23pm |
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J90 Member Since: 02 Jul 2013 Location: Somewhere south of Bergerac Posts: 651 |
Well as a northerner who lives close to Manchester airport I still believe that London, our capitol, needs an airport that can handle current and future traffic needs whilst maintaining it's current position as the hub of choice for NW Europe. We need the best airport possible for the greater benefit of the country.
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1st Jul 2015 10:04pm |
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johnboyairey Member Since: 11 Jan 2013 Location: surrey Posts: 2032 |
I smell a public enquiry! |
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1st Jul 2015 10:15pm |
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Flashman Member Since: 05 Jun 2011 Location: Windsor & Brentwood Posts: 1228 |
Having lived in Windsor and SW London I do think that Heathrow is not the right area for a huge hub airport.
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1st Jul 2015 11:06pm |
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stoutgoose Member Since: 08 Jan 2015 Location: London Posts: 186 |
Personally I am a fan of Boris Island, primarily because even if Heathrow gets another runway, the current expansion argument will again resurface in the future.
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2nd Jul 2015 8:37am |
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