In article , Graeme Wall wrote:
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"Nick Pedley" wrote:


"Graeme Wall" wrote in message
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As to the story of evacuating the Royal Family in an emergency there are
two
runways in Central London capable of taking an aircraft of the Queens
Flight
assuming the latter still exists.

Why waste time driving to one of these spots which would need some
preparation when a helicopter based in your back garden can get you further
away in the same time?

The plans I'm talking about were drawn up on the early 1950s when helicopters
were small and unreliable.

The helicopters in "Whirlybirds" seemed reliable enough, just a bit on the
small side. My Whirlybirds trumps your Thunderbirds - real people vs. Puppets.

J