"Rob Perkins" wrote in message
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"Peter Duniho" wrote:

"Rob Perkins" wrote in message
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There isn't a straight stretch of road or highway
in all the mountainous areas of Switzerland, it seems to me.

Dan is exactly correct. Air & Space Magazine ran a feature about it a
few
years ago. The highways used for runways are straight enough, and they
have
a removable divider between the lane directions so that the aircraft have
use of the full width of the pavement.

Unless you're
talking about the Schweizerautobahn it doesn't seem to me that any of
the Swiss federal or cantonal roads are wide enough for more than a GA
aircraft.

FWIW, I've heard similar things about a stretch of highway outside of
Frankfurt.

Sweden also do it.

Britain has the Harrier so doesn't need to do it! :-) Mind you
it also has plenty of runways.

Paul