Originally Posted by
raikje
I had to look up what the 748 was, because I just had this image in my head of a gleaming new 747-8 completely bogged down in a grassy field in Surrey
aka Budgies! (Mrs Bealine was a stewardess on Dan-Air's Budgie fleet)
The grandiose plans discussed paving Redhill's runways (don't forget, at the time in question, BA City Flyer were using ATR72 and Bae146 aircraft with STOL capability.)
(........sorry - STOL = Short Take Off and Landing)