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[05omegav6]

KABOOOOM

 

[the alarming man]

wouldn't be a bad thing to get rid of sheerness on the mud...there was talk of bringing the monty up a few years ago...not sure it will happen...even if it could be done

[Sir Tigger KC]

I'm surprised the local idiots havn't had a go at it.   

[Gaffers]

If looking for a "solution" to Heathrow, an off shore island is the only possible outcome IMO. Nobody will want it built anywhere near their own backyard, and anywhere with space will have conservation issues.

Actually, no. There is another option . . . .

 . . . totally flatten Reading and the surrounding area and simply relocate Heathrow a few miles along the M4 

No need.

Farnborough is massively under utilised and can handle planes bigger than the A380.  Just build a high speed connection to Heathrow and London, cheeaper than a floating airport and less risky.

[Kevin Wood]

If looking for a "solution" to Heathrow, an off shore island is the only possible outcome IMO. Nobody will want it built anywhere near their own backyard, and anywhere with space will have conservation issues.

Actually, no. There is another option . . . .

 . . . totally flatten Reading and the surrounding area and simply relocate Heathrow a few miles along the M4 

No need.

Farnborough is massively under utilised and can handle planes bigger than the A380.  Just build a high speed connection to Heathrow and London, cheeaper than a floating airport and less risky.

.. and if they want more airspace to the West they'll get it over my dead body.

[chrisgixer]

If looking for a "solution" to Heathrow, an off shore island is the only possible outcome IMO. Nobody will want it built anywhere near their own backyard, and anywhere with space will have conservation issues.

Actually, no. There is another option . . . .

 . . . totally flatten Reading and the surrounding area and simply relocate Heathrow a few miles along the M4 

No need.

Farnborough is massively under utilised and can handle planes bigger than the A380.  Just build a high speed connection to Heathrow and London, cheeaper than a floating airport and less risky.

.. and if they want more airspace to the West they'll get it over my dead body.

See. Nimby's.

[Kevin Wood]

If looking for a "solution" to Heathrow, an off shore island is the only possible outcome IMO. Nobody will want it built anywhere near their own backyard, and anywhere with space will have conservation issues.

Actually, no. There is another option . . . .

 . . . totally flatten Reading and the surrounding area and simply relocate Heathrow a few miles along the M4 

No need.

Farnborough is massively under utilised and can handle planes bigger than the A380.  Just build a high speed connection to Heathrow and London, cheeaper than a floating airport and less risky.

.. and if they want more airspace to the West they'll get it over my dead body.

See. Nimby's.

Damn right. We were there first.

[aaronjb]

If looking for a "solution" to Heathrow, an off shore island is the only possible outcome IMO. Nobody will want it built anywhere near their own backyard, and anywhere with space will have conservation issues.

Actually, no. There is another option . . . .

 . . . totally flatten Reading and the surrounding area and simply relocate Heathrow a few miles along the M4 

No need.

Farnborough is massively under utilised and can handle planes bigger than the A380.  Just build a high speed connection to Heathrow and London, cheeaper than a floating airport and less risky.

.. and if they want more airspace to the West they'll get it over my dead body.

Speaking of airspace .. saw a glider up in the sky above the M40 (just up from Wycombe) last Sunday and wondered if it was you.  Probably not, given the location, but you never know..

[Kevin Wood]

If looking for a "solution" to Heathrow, an off shore island is the only possible outcome IMO. Nobody will want it built anywhere near their own backyard, and anywhere with space will have conservation issues.

Actually, no. There is another option . . . .

 . . . totally flatten Reading and the surrounding area and simply relocate Heathrow a few miles along the M4 

No need.

Farnborough is massively under utilised and can handle planes bigger than the A380.  Just build a high speed connection to Heathrow and London, cheeaper than a floating airport and less risky.

.. and if they want more airspace to the West they'll get it over my dead body.

Speaking of airspace .. saw a glider up in the sky above the M40 (just up from Wycombe) last Sunday and wondered if it was you.  Probably not, given the location, but you never know..

Not me, sadly, but there's a gliding club at Booker airfield just south of the M40 by junction 4.

[Gaffers]

If looking for a "solution" to Heathrow, an off shore island is the only possible outcome IMO. Nobody will want it built anywhere near their own backyard, and anywhere with space will have conservation issues.

Actually, no. There is another option . . . .

 . . . totally flatten Reading and the surrounding area and simply relocate Heathrow a few miles along the M4 

No need.

Farnborough is massively under utilised and can handle planes bigger than the A380.  Just build a high speed connection to Heathrow and London, cheeaper than a floating airport and less risky.

.. and if they want more airspace to the West they'll get it over my dead body.

See. Nimby's.

Damn right. We were there first.

They cant go that far west because of Odiham, besides the requirement would only be for airspace WSW of Farnborough from what I can see.

[Kevin Wood]

They cant go that far west because of Odiham, besides the requirement would only be for airspace WSW of Farnborough from what I can see.

That might be what common sense suggests, but it's entirely different to the application currently under consideration, which puts half of Hampshire under their control.

[Gaffers]

They cant go that far west because of Odiham, besides the requirement would only be for airspace WSW of Farnborough from what I can see.

That might be what common sense suggests, but it's entirely different to the application currently under consideration, which puts half of Hampshire under their control.

That seems very excessive to me 

[Marks DTM Calib]

I rarely use Heathrow these days, its much easier and more convenient to do a short hop to CDG or Schipol to get a long haul flight.

[chrisgixer]

East Midlands airport can take Heathrow's traffic as we as far as I'm concerned.

[Sir Tigger KC]

East Midlands airport can take Heathrow's traffic as we as far as I'm concerned.

When HS2 has been built and it takes 2 mins to go to Birmingham, that's what will happen!