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Postby ReverseThrust » Thu Sep 04, 2003 6:56 pm

Denver International Airport- My home base for flying- today opened the longest
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby loomex » Fri Sep 05, 2003 6:14 am

also makes for a handy runway if a B-52 needs it or an emergancy runway for the space shuttle
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby Mr. Bones » Fri Sep 05, 2003 7:24 am

awesome!

is this runway already present in FS2004?  ;)
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby N4733D » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:34 pm

Thats great and all, but who cares, let the A380s crash and then ruin their record after an idiot test pilot puts one down in the atlantic and then they all go boom! yay! But thank god, it would help a lot for those long long takeoffs from that place and make for easy landings. :D
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby N4733D » Fri Sep 05, 2003 4:35 pm

Out of curiosity, what is the longest runway, loc and stats please. ;D
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby ReverseThrust » Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:11 pm

I don't know if it;s in ACOF- but the rwy was included in the original plan, but put off a few years- so MS may have have included it thinking that it would open soon enogh.  I used to have a scenery add-on that had the 6th rway.  

Saratoga- I'm looking for the longest rway in the world.
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby Craig. » Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:15 pm

saratoga, wanting any aircraft to crash is a little harsh, even if it is an airbus, i would love to see it be a big flop but for one to crash, nah
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby ReverseThrust » Fri Sep 05, 2003 5:19 pm

Found it!
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby Polynomial » Sun Sep 07, 2003 5:56 am

that is one humungus runway!!!!
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby Mr. Bones » Mon Sep 08, 2003 4:23 am

44000ft  :o   :o   :o Edwards rules!  8)
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby Redwing » Fri Sep 12, 2003 8:52 am

That makes sense; the longest runway in the world being at Edwards. It's been the premiere research and test flight base in the U.S. for the last half century. It's where all the early rocket-plane R&D took place in the U.S. .....where the Bell X-1 flew faster than sound (the base was called Muroc back then), and the X-15 was tested.

Check this site for a brief history of Edwards....
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby michaelb15 » Thu Oct 02, 2003 8:49 pm

Edwards airforce base has a 44,000 ft runway???

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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby Felix/FFDS » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:26 pm

For a flying boat, the longest runway is RWY 36/18 Pacific Ocean ...
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Re: North America's Longest Runway

Postby RIC_BARKER » Mon Oct 06, 2003 9:50 pm

Did you know that one of the runways at YSSY (Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport, Sydney, Australia) was subsidised by the US Government to be the longest runway in the Southern hemiphere?

Why?

So they could land the shuttle there if they ever needed to! Now that I would love to see!  ;D

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