Vampire Tears Up Halfpenny Green Runway

Perhaps this should be reposted in the “How Low can you Go” thread….:)

Taken at 600mm from the other end of airfield

Hi All,
Any idea if they will now be renewing the runway completely rather than just the parts that tore up ? If so I assume they would try and get a fundraiser going
for it and those who have attended air-shows at the airfield would welcome it. I think even those who have never been wouldn’t mind dipping into their pockets
for a worthwhile cause I bet ?

Geoff.

I believe on another video, it was said the runway was due for relaying at the end of this month.

Hi there,

As an armchair pilot/runway repair man I would say without any doubt that the entire runway would need re-surfacing in a much better fashion than has been done prior to this incident, that is of course if the airfield wants to operate this type of aircraft again, it certainly was from my point of view very toe curling to watch, firstly the take off roll was indeed very lengthy (but of course that is an illusion of not being able to see the runway in the film), and secondly it was by some sort of fate/miracle that debris did not damage the airframe in a terminal manner, the consequences of which do not bear thinking about.

I wonder if the crew were aware of what was going on either by way of rear view mirror or tower radio traffic, lets not also forget that concords demise was brought about by runway debris puncturing the fuel tanks, one hopes that whatever investigation is done will bring about positive measures to prevent this happening again.

Please not all comments are made without malice or education, just thinking out loud with a sensible head on, the pilots did a sterling job of seeing the take off roll through and getting aloft in the face of deteriorating circumstances.

Regards,

John.

Hi All,
Any idea if they will now be renewing the runway completely rather than just the parts that tore up ? If so I assume they would try and get a fundraiser going
for it and those who have attended air-shows at the airfield would welcome it. I think even those who have never been wouldn’t mind dipping into their pockets
for a worthwhile cause I bet ?

Geoff.

That is very true Chitts – but I have time to lose about 25% of my body weight, cut the grass short and wait for a breeze right along the strip!

Would be good to see her alongside one of your machines hopefully next summer!

FB

in terms of vampires being that the runway was shorter than the book distance required

Experienced Vampire pilots on the dark side have said that it was within limits – not by a big margin though…

FB

You’ll become used to using most of the runway when you get that Luton Minor going!

Certainly not balanced field but then again this aircraft is not subject to this criteria. (Single engine) therefore the longest runway was acceptable length for departure, assuming 16/34 (3878 ft) was used, however if any of the others were used, 10/28 or 04/22 then he was at his performance limit with no margins, and in fact as you say beyond them.
Look, mistakes happen, choices made are hard to change once enacted.(on the roll)
It’s the the nature of current times that everything we do seems to be videotaped and posted for all to discuss and dissect.

See my previous post#11

Just testing, mods.

Not really long is it? It’s long compared to the length of runway available, but short in terms of vampires being that the runway was shorter than the book distance required.

Highly irresponsible

FB

See my previous post#11

Particularly if one was to look up the min take off distance required for a vampire and then compare it to the length of the runway used.

FB

I suppose the video is amusing enough, but post-Shoreham an incident like this could result in negative PR. It looks somewhat cavalier and amateurish to have the Vampire merrily fragging the runway, regardless of harm done.

or in this thread.

A TAR VERY MUCH BUTTON

Goblin up the Tarmac

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Goblin up the Tarmac

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