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Re: Buried Lancasters in UK??

Posted by MikeZ on Mon Mar 17, 2003 01:18:13 PM

In reply top Re: Buried Lancasters in UK?? posted by Dave Sutton on Mon Mar 17, 2003 10:59:09 AM

Not to be a wet blanket, but having been involved in airport projects in Canada, the specifications for building runways is extremely precise. That being said, its highly unlikely that a runway is built on fill of any king as the geotechnical parameters would not allow it. The runways I've been involved with (paved) always have a drain line buried along side at about an 8'-0" depth, which easily would have uncoved any buried debris that the geotechnical investigation would have missed. A better bet would be to locate where the dump was if it was a former military property.

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