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Old 18th June 2008, 05:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default unusual hazard, Islay airport

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:42:53 +0200, Giovanni Drogo
<drogo@rn.bastiani.ta.invalid> wrote:

>On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:03:53 +0100, Jack Campin wrote:
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>>> I am told that at the moment, when you enter the terminal at Islay
>>> airport, there is a sign saying to beware of adders.

>
>I looked at this thread for pure curiosity. I had no idea where Islay is
>(though the name makes me think of some scottish island ... google maps
>redirects me to a place in Germany, but google proper found the airport
>and confirmed my supposition). But in particular I had no idea what
>"adders" are. I gather from the thread they are some sort of snakes.


They used to be common in the Alenia Via Tiburtina car park.
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