This is definitely an 'interesting thing'.
You have probably seen airports with lonnnnng runways.
But, how much runway does a plane really need?
Granted, the plane taking off and landing in today's DIT is not a huge jumbo jet.
But, still, this plane shows us that the amount of runway needed is less than you might have thought.
To view the takeoff and landing in a 59 second video, HERE'S THE LINK
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