HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwaylemmy.mlimagemessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up1976arrow-down131file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1945arrow-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-21 year agomessage-square241fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.ml
Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287
minus-squareGorklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAren’t there usually strips of lights on the approach before the runway itself? At least for normal commercial airports they are present.
minus-squareCaptain_Ender@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNaw most VFR unguided airstrips like this don’t have anything in the way of landing assistance. The idea being that they’d never fly at night time and divert to a nearby IFR airport if there’s sudden weather. Like literal fair weather pilots.
Aren’t there usually strips of lights on the approach before the runway itself? At least for normal commercial airports they are present.
Naw most VFR unguided airstrips like this don’t have anything in the way of landing assistance. The idea being that they’d never fly at night time and divert to a nearby IFR airport if there’s sudden weather. Like literal fair weather pilots.