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OwlHoot replied

13 March 2008, 20:53
Originally posted by AtW View Post

When I first time came to Heathrow I was suprised not to see towers with machine gunners in them...

<Al Murray>

We won WW2 AtW. No need to worry about Jerry fighters strafing planes on the ground now.

</Al Murray>
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HYpno27 replied

13 March 2008, 18:19
Originally posted by hyperD View Post

Ah back again...

Sorry about that, got a bit lost and appear to have mislaid my rucksack...
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hyperD replied

13 March 2008, 18:00
Ah back again...

Sorry about that, got a bit lost and appear to have mislaid my rucksack...
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Churchill replied

13 March 2008, 17:05
Originally posted by AtW View Post

When I first time came to Heathrow I was suprised not to see towers with machine gunners in them...

There used to be but our pilots kept knocking them over.
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AtW replied

13 March 2008, 17:04
When I first time came to Heathrow I was suprised not to see towers with machine gunners in them...
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Churchill replied

13 March 2008, 17:03
Originally posted by MrRobin View Post

Satisfied?!! What if he really did have an explosive?! How can anyone see this as intact security??!

What we need are ID cards!!!
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MrRobin replied

13 March 2008, 16:56
Originally posted by BBC

PM 'satisfied' everything being done to keep Heathrow security intact. More soon.

Satisfied?!! What if he really did have an explosive?! How can anyone see this as intact security??!
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basshead replied

13 March 2008, 16:46
He was probably looking for the way in to T5.
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Pinto replied

13 March 2008, 16:37
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

Really?

Oh, my bad!
(I knew that really - I was just playing an "in" joke but my pilot colleague HyperD isn't around...)

Ah, right. I didn't know you're a pilot.
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PAH replied

13 March 2008, 16:37
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

my pilot colleague HyperD isn't around

They'll probably let him go when they've established why he was taking a shortcut across the runway to his light aircraft. See you in 90 days HyperD.
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Churchill replied

13 March 2008, 16:32
Originally posted by Pinto View Post

Isn't it the same runway? 09L/27R, the purpose of the 2 different names being to distinguish between the two ends, west and east?

Really?

Oh, my bad!
(I knew that really - I was just playing an "in" joke but my pilot colleague HyperD isn't around...)
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Pinto replied

13 March 2008, 16:25
Originally posted by Churchill View Post

That's bollox!

Everyone knows it's 09L

FFS!

Isn't it the same runway? 09L/27R, the purpose of the 2 different names being to distinguish between the two ends, west and east?
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Churchill replied

13 March 2008, 16:04
Originally posted by oracleslave View Post

2 bags were detonated. 20 emergency vehicles dispatched but so far sounds like an overreaction.

Send in the tanks!!!
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oracleslave replied

13 March 2008, 16:03
2 bags were detonated. 20 emergency vehicles dispatched but so far sounds like an overreaction.
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Churchill replied

13 March 2008, 16:03
It is understood the north runway, also identified as 27R, was closed, but is now being partially used.

That's bollox!

Everyone knows it's 09L

FFS!
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