Talk:Project Camel

1,000 ft runway incorrect
B-29 bombers could not operate from 1,000' foot runways. Probably 10,000' was intended. The runways on North Field (Tinian) were 8,000 feet, and getting the planes aloft when loaded with the atomic bombs (about 10,000# each, for either type) was difficult. The old Tinian runways can still be seen at the north end of the island, w/ Google Maps. Runways at Guam for B-29s were also 8,000 to 10,000 feet, and can also be seen at the N end of the island w/ Google. I am not going to change this, because I do not know what the correct number is for this article, but the value given is clearly incorrect (& a little bit ridiculous, actually, for a plane of the B-29's size.) Wwheaton (talk) 05:43, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Yes, a typo. It should have been 10,000 feet. Corrected, and added a bit from another source. Thanks for that. Hawkeye7 (talk) 08:21, 3 September 2013 (UTC)