Don't remember why I put hi my name is bob in the comment section of one of my questions. I honestly never put that there

@Federico My father flew through WW2, about half in the Ferry Command and half as an instructor (after he lost a lung when an O2 bottle exploded). I can remember him mentioning that when training new pilots on tailwheel aircraft, they would sometimes start the takeoff run on the right side of a wide runway to give them a better chance of getting directional control before running off the left side of the runway. It was not, at least as I remember, a standard procedure for experienced pilots.

@Federico Also, there were a few airports with a square runway, each side being long enough for takeoffs and landings of trainer aircraft. After the war, these square runways were not maintained and fell into disrepair except of a single lane down the middle for use as a normal runway. Chico, CA was one such airport. I remember landing there in the 1950s when the square was still usable, although weeds were coming up through the paving, except of course for the standard runway lane.

@Terry well, at the start of the war, most airfields were just fields, with whatever shape the field had and no specific runway

@DanHulme wasn't that WW1? I thought that by WW2 there were proper airports already.

runways only came into their own when increasingly heavy aircraft could only operate on tarmac, not grass

the field was still the norm up to the early 40's

@Terry @DanHulme asked

@Terry you have so many cool stories to tell, if I would ever end up in the same room with you you'd probably eventually have to chase me and all my stupid questions out the door with a baseball bat. :)

@Terry you can still see the square, wow! :O

Can't find the square its too hard

@falstro Same with me

@Terry What airplanes did you fly