"Bushy" wrote in message
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"Errol Cavit" wrote in message
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The below article talks about landing a Herk on a strip in the back of
beyond in Afghanistan.
'The strip, composed of dirt, rock and gravel, is about 8 thousand feet
long
with a five-degree bend

bend? dont you mean slope?


Nope. Slope wouldn't be an issue. RNZAF Whenuapai has an interesting
two-level runway, with one half noticeably higher than the other. Looked
quite odd when I saw a C-5 taking off in fog - only the top of the tail was
visible until it made it 'up the hill'. And half the farm strips (used by
topdressers/cropdusters) in NZ are on a slope.

in the centerline. Its elevation is nearly 8500 feet
in the air."

in the air? Is the runway floating in the air is it?


It's a phrase in use by the general population, you can hardly blame
whatever PR weenie that wrote this for using it.


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the counter-attack of the New Zealanders reversed the situation." ANZACs at
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