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On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:01:41 -0600, Neil Gould wrote:
Recently, WJRFlyBoy posted: On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:09:55 -0600, Neil Gould wrote: A brief example; you will learn that you can't be off the runway by 20 meters at most airports without things getting ugly. You will also learn that there will be times when you will be unable to take off or land at a chosen airport, and how to judge those times reasonably well. Here's an article extolling a few of the problems of airparks. Note the one extraneous activities on the runways. Apparently, your "experience" doesn't involve flying into airports located in rural areas. There are all kinds of "extraneous activities on the runways", mostly non-human. A pilot knows how to deal with these situations appropriately, minimizing the risks. Neil Actually, 50% does including such glorified areas as Fayette AL, LewisburgTN, Senatobia MS Ballground GA and more Podunk towns in AK than I can remember. Cows, deer (by the dozens), infants...the whole scheebang. You look at this as acceptable challenges, I look at this as exceptional liabilities. Same view, two different eyes. -- Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either! I hesitate to add to this discussion because I'm not an instructor, just a rather slow student who's not qualified to give advice that might kill someone. |
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