Just watching this one again and again. I'm really surprised how dark the runways actually look relative to street lights etc. Thank goodness for the strobes leading your way. Was this your perception also, or just an illusion due to the camera/lighting etc?
thanks yft you never cease to amaze me that air looks so smooth and calm must be a lot of fun flying it . not a peep of a ripple in water. and that runways so wide would give me an extra edge of confidence in strong crosswind thanks .
OK... Who started the Fire? Was it you Gary? Gary said that he only got a flat tyre. The Fire was a controlled burn off around the runways. However Gary didn't read the NOTAM and when he Taxied down the RWY he got a flat tyre. So the aerodrome manager had to come and help. Oh that was YFT.
...ad use as I would a trailer? And in so doing because the trike would now be road legal, would I then be legally allowed to use the roads as runways? :) Any aussies k...
garrett id love to get in to it. lots of runways here are not plowed in winter . so iam sure there is some skills to learn as well. what do you use for heat...
...ter Tower controlled airspace, (unless we possess Private Pilot License qualifications, and our Trikes have Radios and Transponders), and so most runways will accommodate a 45 degree...
...s, on beaches and dirt roads, near picnic spots or farm houses as the norm. We simply don't have many sealed runways here. I think I've landed on sealed runways 8 times in 1600 hrs. A trans-...
...will force you to get new fabric. Seen it twice out here so far. That and we have all manor of traps and poison. The price we pay for grass strip runways I guess. I talked with Frank...