i'm sure they do have drainage for rain, but drains can only take so much water away. ever seen a flooded runway? i'm affraid runways do get flooded, being in a helicopter it doesnt matter much  to me but the weekend before last i witnessed a few very unhappy chaps at the club not flying because of the runway, they couldnt even do circuits, aerodromes just close the runway if need be, maybe particulaly GA but you gotta look at the risks involved with thousands of spectators watching a nimrod aquaplaning along a runway. they do flood, check out an airlaw book which tells you about how much of the runway can contain runway before its closed.

It's highly unlikely, but yes, it is a small possiblity I grant you that. Oh, and yes I do know runways can get flooded.

R44 PILOT wrote on Jun 29^th, 2007 at 4:33am:


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Thankfully Waddo is about 230ft/70m above sea level. The North Sea would need to burst its banks before Waddo flooded. Lincoln wasn't that badly hit either - only a couple of low lying areas and field were flooded.

Sunday's the best bet. There was a little water problem at Waddo earlier in the week I think, but not real flooding, just standing water I expect.

Anark wrote on Jun 29^th, 2007 at 7:13pm:


Judging by the the forecast, there may not be tomorrow either...

told ya so just dont cut! only joking a went staurday and it pi**ed it down all day, they did well considering the cloud base was dropping below a 1000ft at times. For some reason there were only 8 red arrows though, didnt hear why, did anyone who went hear why? the diamond 8 just didnt look right. good display from the typhoon.

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Broken arm IIRC.