i started work at 7pm at a pub right under the take off from BHX (in catherine-de-barnes) and by the mentioned rugby gound, i was outside before my shift and heard the said bang/bangs. but i couldn’t tell whether it was from the road or from the air, sounded like a car misfiring, quite loud too.
i love the old avro’s they’re possibly my favourite aircraft, purely becasue they are wacky… i was lucky enough to fly home on one from brussels last year. fast acceleration, and really poor climb rate, it could only be British
my dad used to fly into birmingham to get to central london. he swore it was quicker than flying to heathrow.
with Birmingham Internation train station next door, it only takes 1 hour to get into central london from BHX.
hopefully BHX will get a bit more service when the runway in extended. it is the airport with the most people within a 2 hour drive circumference (bits of london, manchester, the east midlands cities) so that might draw a few airlines in along with a longer runway.
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