by flugsnug
Published on 5 May 2012
The runway at Birmingham Airport (BHX) can be a thing of beauty when seen from some angles - more like a sculpture than a piece of civil engineering. One effect of its sensuous curves is the accidental provision of something resembling the ski-jumps used on aircraft carriers by Harrier jump jets and the like to help push the planes into the sky. Smaller jet airliners, at any rate, seem to time their takeoff perfectly on runway 15 to benefit from this, as shown in the video. It would be great to hear from any pilots whether this actually is intentional.
