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Old November 5th 06, 11:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bob Noel
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Default FAA: Runways come up short

In article .com,
"Andrew Sarangan" wrote:

The FAA says runways without a 1000-ft overrun area are unsafe. The
solution? Extend the overrun by shortening the runway. That sounds
fishy to me. What am I missing here?


don't know.

But Massport did the same stupid thing at Logan many years ago.
(even dumber because the moved the thresholds AFTER building
highspeed taxi turnoffs.)

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