Originally Posted by G-BOAC
So, why did they build them so close together? A throwback to the 'olden days' when planes were smaller and this was workable? Now I too am as curious as the OP on whether they did ever operate LGW with two active runways?
It's amazing what you find on airliners.net; here's a pic from a similar angle of LGW from 1961.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0311726/L/