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Old September 8th 07, 06:15 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Mysteries seen from the air

On Sep 8, 6:40 am, Offramp wrote:
On Sep 8, 2:41 am, Tom Anderson wrote:

Now, somebody tell me why there's a factory in Croydon with a number
written in binary on the roof:


http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...82013,-0.12222...


I once heard that a building either at or near Croydon Airport has the
word NO written on so as to advise pilots that they are not
approaching Gatwick.


In Manchester there is a building near the station carrying a large
UMIST sign - put up no doubt to advise pilots landing at Ringway that
they were too far north :-)

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