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Contents 1 Citation Needed 2 Photographs 3 ?? 4 Largest Airplane 5 steep dropoff

[edit] Citation Needed

Do we really need a "citation needed" at the end of every sentence? I mean it's a fact that Luton is roughly 30 miles north of London - other than saying "look at a map" what else are we meant to do? Anyway it makes the article unreadable with these things all over the page. 86.10.102.62 17:37, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

The point is that the article is factually meaningless without the citations. We cant remove the tags unless we provide references for them.-- Flymeoutofhere 18:53, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

Well "editors" on most other articles seem able to come to consensus without sticking tags at the end of every easily verifiable statement. Isn't the "Articles in Need of Sources" enough? I don't know, I'm just a casual user, but it's not very impressive. 86.10.102.62 03:43, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree, someone has got a bit 'citation'-happy with this. Putting citation on the location etc is rather pathetic as to follow this every single article about a place needs many more citations.--GazMan7 11:48, 4 July 2007 (UTC) Most of the history stuff can easily be referenced to http://www.london-luton.co.uk/en/content/4/117/airport-history.html

I've fixed the overuse of cite-fact tags on this article. I checked the content against the official history page of the airport, and then just tagged each graph as necessary, with supplemental sources for some facts. As of now, every 'graph in the history section has appropriate citations, and the introduction, as well. I respect the fact that the person who added these tags wanted to make sure that things were sourced, but they went overboard. As per basic referencing, a single citation per paragraph is adequate if all statements in that paragraph come from a single source. Sacxpert 03:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photographs

Does anyone have any additional photos which could enhance the article? Maybe of the new terminal area? Flymeoutofhere 09:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ??

Why is the sentence: This airport is also used by the England football team when flying out to international games. bolded in the article, and why is it in the History section?? Jake95 17:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Largest Airplane

Does anyone know what is the largest airplane that can operate from Luton?

I do of course mean when full of passengers etc and not empty.

Thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.13.41.18 (talk) 22:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] steep dropoff

A steep dropoff to the town of Luton sounds impressive but it's meaningless. It's lorry-driver English. To be encyclopedic, the entry would talk about the relative heights of airport and town-centre and, if appropriate, any cliffs or steep inclines between them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Pauldanon (talk) 12:41, 28 May 2007 (UTC).

Hello Pauldanon. Thanks for your comment. Please feel free to go ahead and improve the article as you suggest. -- Chris j wood 12:54, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

It's fairly obvious if you look at the Ordnance Survey map here: [1]. THe western end of the runway is about 155 metres AMSL, the A1081 and the railway line are at about 115 metres. If it wasn't for this sudden drop, the planes taking of in this direction would have trouble clearing the factories and railway line at the end of the runway! TiffaF 14:23, 11 June 2007 (UTC)