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iniBuilds Luton - Released

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1 hour ago, 109Sqn said:

'London' Stansted and 'London' Southend are further from Central London after all.

London Oxford (in Kidlington) is pretty far out too.

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If you think that's a stretch, have a look at "Stockholm" Skavsta. Absolutely nowhere near Stockholm, and right next to the city of Nykoping.

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What's worse? Mis-selling an airport as being linked to a city that's hours away (Paris Vatry Chalons – LFOK) or one that's in a completely different country (Andorra–La Seu d'Urgell – LESU)?

Back on topic. I'm looking forward to getting ini's Luton. The detail looks really nice as usual. As pax, the airport is horrible. But for flying it's great for the rapidly rising escarpment before the threshold of rwy 07 and for various low-cost airline ops.

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I think Frankfurt Hahn EDFH wins this. It's not even in the same state, it's a whopping 2 hours bus drive away from Frankfurt.

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16 hours ago, EGLD said:

what about it?

Gatwick is not in London and neither is Stansted or Southend.  

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16 hours ago, EGLD said:

what about it?

Gatwick is not in London and neither is Stansted or Southend.  

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Or how about Oslo Torp? That's 120 km away from Olso and a 90 Minute drive. Not that Gardermoen is that close either, but that's just 50 km's away.

1 minute ago, Farlis said:

Or how about Oslo Torp? That's 120 km away from Olso and a 90 Minute drive. Not that Gardermoen is that close either, but that's just 50 km's away.

OK you win! Orlando Melbourne is 'only' 112km (70m) from Orlando, different county but same state. 

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3 hours ago, Fiorentoni said:

I think Frankfurt Hahn EDFH wins this. It's not even in the same state, it's a whopping 2 hours bus drive away from Frankfurt.

😄😁😆

We have to 'let that one off', for being a different Frankfurt 😄

Imagine flying to KONT - Ontario in LA, thinking you were going to Canada!

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1 hour ago, MrBitstFlyer said:

Gatwick is not in London and neither is Stansted or Southend.  

I know, but this thread is about Luton

 

5 hours ago, F737MAX said:

What's worse? Mis-selling an airport as being linked to a city that's hours away

they're not misselling, the owners of Luton airport genuinely think it's in London 😄

1 hour ago, JYW said:

😄😁😆

We have to 'let that one off', for being a different Frankfurt 😄

Imagine flying to KONT - Ontario in LA, thinking you were going to Canada!

No it is the Same Frankfurt (am Main). You mean Frankfurt / Oder in eastern Germany. But Frankfurt-Hahn is referring to the big Frankfurt am Main. In reality it’s in the middle of nowhere, hours away from any sort of civilization. 

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1 hour ago, JYW said:

😄😁😆

We have to 'let that one off', for being a different Frankfurt 😄

Imagine flying to KONT - Ontario in LA, thinking you were going to Canada!

Or the classic:

People from english speaking countries wanting to go to Münster and ending up in Munster instead. Mind your umlauts. They mean something. 😉

There was a story years ago of a couple from the UK on their honeymoon who thought they were going to Sydney (YSSY) and ended up in Sydney (CYQY).  Ouch!  No offence to the second biggest city in my province but that would be disappointing.

However, that takes some serious ignorance of global geography to achieve so I didn’t feel too bad for them.

To keep this post on topic, how is the overall performance of this one?  I’m guessing the distance from London helps keep things reasonable?

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16 hours ago, JYW said:

London Oxford (in Kidlington) is pretty far out too.

I'd forgotten Oxford was also made part of 'London'. Where next, London Lands End, London Sheffield/Doncaster? If they ever try London Edinburgh, Cardiff or Belfast... 😶

 

4 hours ago, Farlis said:

People from english speaking countries wanting to go to Münster and ending up in Munster instead. Mind your umlauts. They mean something. 😉

Mind you, some Irish folks talk so fast they may as well be speaking another language! 😁

And also to try not to deviate too much from the thread topic, I've been impressed with inibuilds' efforts so far, so have high hopes for this too.

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4 hours ago, Fiorentoni said:

No it is the Same Frankfurt (am Main). You mean Frankfurt / Oder in eastern Germany. But Frankfurt-Hahn is referring to the big Frankfurt am Main. In reality it’s in the middle of nowhere, hours away from any sort of civilization. 

You're absolutely right - I was thinking of Frankfurt am Oder, over near the eastern border 😄👍

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