Talk:Oslo Airport, Fornebu

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Some questions

• "... although several German aircraft collided with each other during the landing". Were there any fatalities due to this?
• "The same year a new commission was established, that in 1957 recommended ... " What was the name of the commission? Were any notable people members here?
• Geschichte (talk) 22:01, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
  • With regards to the first question, even though the field was never blocked there was a battle at Fornebu, which was defended by anti-aircraft machine guns. The first landing attempt was repulsed and the commander of the German landing force was killed. In addition to those killed by Norwegian AA fire there were also fatalities in the landing accidents. I have sources for these things, but as I'm still travelling for another week there will be some time before I can add the details. Manxruler (talk) 23:17, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Photos

Some of the photos from this Flickr gallery could be useful in this article. Kjetil_r 10:34, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Kai Fjell

The article should mention the Kai Fjell murals in the airport's main hall. They were designated as having a special historical value in 2001 by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, and restored in 2007 (Norwegian source). --Kjetil_r 10:40, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Plans for runway expansions

I'm wondering if there are any references for this

The same year a new commission was established, which in 1957 recommended that the east–west runway be expanded to 3,300 metres (10,800 ft) and the north–south runway to 2,150 metres (7,050 ft)

and also

The ministry then chose to expand the east–west runway to only 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) and leave the north–south runway untouched. The plans would allow the east–west runway to be expanded to 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) in the future, if necessary

The thing is, knowing the area, I just don't see how there would have been room for an expansion of this runway to well over 3000 meter, and even 2800 might have been a bit of a stretch - as in its final incarnation, it pretty much spanned the entire peninsula. This can actually be seen quite clearly in the picture at 81.191.184.223 (talk) 20:42, 8 September 2015 (UTC)

References