It did not seem to require an inordinate amount of runway to land. The Trident is not a huge plane at all, MGTOW and MLW both much smaller than a 707. I only rode one once, but I have seen many of them land at Heathrow, and they don't roll out that much at all. Longer than a DC-9 or 727 or early 737, but not by much. -- Michael C. Berch mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Monday, June 30, 2003, at 10:25 PM, Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > Did he also say the thing needed almost as much runway as a fully > loaded 707 > going intercontinental? > > In a message dated 6/30/2003 7:20:31 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << got my one and only Trident ride from London Heathrow to Paris Orly > in August 1968. All I remember of the flight was that the captain > announced in advance that the landing would be done completely > automatically, and that the Trident had the world's only complete > automatic landing system for all weather conditions. The landing was > bumpy, but everyone clapped and cheered anyway. >> >