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From: craig@think.COM (Craig Stanfill)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: shuttle landing sites
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Date: 27 Oct 88 14:26:36 GMT
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In article <7225@dasys1.UUCP> axelson@dasys1.UUCP (Kevin Axelson) writes:
>In article <794@hadron.UUCP>, klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) writes:
>>
>> ... I have heard tales that Dullas is large enough (long enough in
>> the runway department) to serve as an emergency landing site.  However,
>> the location is wrong.
>
>And a commercial jetliner crashed in the hills just to the west of
>the airport a few years back.  Geography is a problem.   

The hills would not be a problem.  They are only 1500 ft tall or so,
and are 60 miles from the runway.  This is a problem if you are
gliding in at a 200:1 slope, but not much of an obstacle for our
beloved brick.  Also, assuming that Dullas was to be used as an
emergency landing site during high-inclination launches (I missed part
of this discussion), the hills (to the _west_ of the airport) are not
even on the likely flight path.

					- Craig