Runway incursions

On Sep 9, 11:41*pm, BeechSundowner wrote:
On Sep 9, 2:13*pm, Steve Hix wrote:

And got my act together. Although to this day, I'm a bit twitchy about
ground operations and clearances.

I absolutely can relate Steve as I work out of an uncontrolled
airport. * Taxiways wider then my home base runway, I can fully
understand how that kind of mistake can be made (I haven't done that
myself!) *There is a vast amount of concrete out there!


I'm intrigued to read your and Steve Hix's incidents - had somehow
missed reading them earlier - and how a taxiway could be mistaken for
a runway.

I get to see taxiways and runways all the time (at least twice a
week), but only as a passenger, on the ground maneuvering camera
system displays. I must say that the two paths have always looked
rather distinctively different, with runways having the thick single
yellow centerline flanked by yellow dashes and green lights, and
runways being very wide, with a multitude of yellow lights and a white
dashed centerline. I don't get to see all the backlit signage clearly
but I think they too are different for runways and taxiways.

Since the confusion has actually happened to you, I guess there still
is room for bettering taxiway and runway markings.

Ramapriya