Russia's wooden airports: Simple charm from a bygone era

In article , Stormin' Norman says...

On 12 Sep 2018 13:18:36 -0700, Miloch
wrote:


Some of these remind me of the 'airport' I took my first flying lessons in the
60s...Davis CA...a short 1 inch thick asphalt runway, no tower (unicom...just a
radio that continuous broadcasts temp and barometric pressure) and a 'airport'
lounge' which was a small building about 30 feet long, no 'airport'
personnel...just a couple of vinyl covered couches...unlocked by someone in the
morning who came back in the evening and locked it up until the next day...and
closed on Sundays.

Attached is a pic of it...the pic was taken about 40 years AFTER I took my
lessons so the buildings on the left side didn't exist...it was all farm
land...runway's the same though.

It's the only airport actually owned by the University of California which has 9
campuses.


At least you had a macadam or concrete runway. ;-)



My solo flight consisted of my instructor (WWII vet with over 10,000 hours) who
stops the Cessna halfway down the runway...gets out, stands on the side of the
runway and tells me takeoff, land and then stop and pick him up where he was
standing...



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