HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agoAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwaylemmy.mlimagemessage-square223fedilinkarrow-up1967arrow-down131file-text
arrow-up1936arrow-down1imageAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwaylemmy.mlHiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-210 months agomessage-square223fedilinkfile-text
Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoA private (meaning, non-public) field like this one probably uses the multicom frequency, but yes. Self-announce on the CTAF. Irks me a bit there aren’t runway numbers.
minus-squarePlantDadManGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoWhy do they need numbers? There’s only one runway.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoA runway with two ends. And you’d probably be surprised how easy it is to choose one end when you mean another. Also to identify it from the air as a runway. It’s paved and they painted a centerline; I would have also painted numbers and thresholds.
A private (meaning, non-public) field like this one probably uses the multicom frequency, but yes. Self-announce on the CTAF. Irks me a bit there aren’t runway numbers.
Why do they need numbers? There’s only one runway.
A runway with two ends. And you’d probably be surprised how easy it is to choose one end when you mean another.
Also to identify it from the air as a runway. It’s paved and they painted a centerline; I would have also painted numbers and thresholds.