Can gliders and powered aircraft co-exist on the same runway?
Ron Lee wrote:
Can anyone identify and airport where gliders and powered aircraft use
the same runway? Do they use opposite traffic patterns? Any other
operational issues?
Ron Lee
5c1 north of San Antonio, Texas. Also known as Boerne Stage.
It has a paved runway used by both gliders and powered aircraft.
Parallel and close by is a grass strip. Powered and gliders can use
the grass, but it was usually used by gliders if the main runway was
occupied.
Traffic patterns were the same, IIRC. Of course, gliders had the right
of way. There were some pattern limitations due to nearby residents
who chose to live near an airport but didn't want to hear airplanes.
Neat place.
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