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The Truckee database covers the exact same area and is much more current. It is maintained by Sergio and myself. Last update was earlier this year. Still it may have outdated data, but at least anything that was brought to our attention was corrected. I recommend anyone flying from Reno area to use the Truckee database. However as others pointed out, if you can't get high enough (over 12K) it is not worth trying to go XC here. If you are at the normal altitude band, there are only few airports we occasionaly land at: Carson, Rosachi, topaz international, Hilton ranch, swee****er, alpine county, Bridgeport, Mamooth, Lee Vining, Bishop, Hawthorn, Yerrington, Mina, gabbs, Austin, Flanigan, Susanville, Sierraville, Nervino.
These are the ones that comes to mind. I may have missed few. You probably don't need to consider more than that. Ramy |
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Forgot to mention that I looked at your list and almost everything you listed I never considered as landable places (although they may be) other than Spaulding and both soldier meadows. The whole black rock dry lake is landable but we normally land as close to Gerlach as possible (should be on Truckee database). I dont think you would need to consider any of the others in any day worth flying XC.
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On Saturday, September 21, 2013 12:41:17 PM UTC-4, Ramy wrote:
Forgot to mention that I looked at your list and almost everything you listed I never considered as landable places (although they may be) other than Spaulding and both soldier meadows. The whole black rock dry lake is landable but we normally land as close to Gerlach as possible (should be on Truckee database). I dont think you would need to consider any of the others in any day worth flying XC. Ramy Ramy, Have you guys considered coding all these marginal strips as 'outlanding' (type 3 in .CUP files, '(L)andable in .DAT files) rather than as an airport? My main intent in doing the review is to NOT aim at a marginal/non-existent airstrip, and absent a different appearance on my PDA, as a newcomer I won't know the difference. Just a thought, but it might help us newcomers ;-) In the meantime, I'll probably modify the standard database to remove/re-code for my personal use. Frank (TA) |
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On Saturday, September 21, 2013 8:51:07 AM UTC-7, Ramy wrote:
Carson, Rosachi, topaz international, Hilton ranch, swee****er, alpine county, Bridgeport, Mamooth, Lee Vining, Bishop, Hawthorn, Yerrington, Mina, gabbs, Austin, Flanigan, Susanville, Sierraville, Nervino. I'd add Farias Wheel (been there, done that, in a Duo), Tiger Field, Silver Springs, and Rabbit Dry Lake (if actually dry) to that list. There are other places where 15M or less gliders can safely land (Herlong comes to mind, if it's still there). While I have managed to land safely in a couple of backyard strips, if one is resorting to those sorts of options, it's because they're doing it wrong... Marc |
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On 9/21/2013 8:51 AM, Ramy wrote:
The Truckee database covers the exact same area and is much more current. It is maintained by Sergio and myself. Last update was earlier this year. Still it may have outdated data, but at least anything that was brought to our attention was corrected. I recommend anyone flying from Reno area to use the Truckee database. However as others pointed out, if you can't get high enough (over 12K) it is not worth trying to go XC here. If you are at the normal altitude band, there are only few airports we occasionaly land at: Carson, Rosachi, topaz international, Hilton ranch, swee****er, alpine county, Bridgeport, Mamooth, Lee Vining, Bishop, Hawthorn, Yerrington, Mina, gabbs, Austin, Flanigan, Susanville, Sierraville, Nervino. These are the ones that comes to mind. I may have missed few. You probably don't need to consider more than that. Ramy Don't know a Flanigan Airport. Do know a Flanigan Turnpoint and a Flanigan Dry Lake, which are several miles apart. Flanigan Dry Lake may or may not be land-able depending on the season. Flanigan Turnpoint is not land-able. -- Mike I Green |
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On Saturday, September 21, 2013 11:51:07 AM UTC-4, Ramy wrote:
The Truckee database covers the exact same area and is much more current. It is maintained by Sergio and myself. Last update was earlier this year. Still it may have outdated data, but at least anything that was brought to our attention was corrected. I recommend anyone flying from Reno area to use the Truckee database. However as others pointed out, if you can't get high enough (over 12K) it is not worth trying to go XC here. If you are at the normal altitude band, there are only few airports we occasionaly land at: Carson, Rosachi, topaz international, Hilton ranch, swee****er, alpine county, Bridgeport, Mamooth, Lee Vining, Bishop, Hawthorn, Yerrington, Mina, gabbs, Austin, Flanigan, Susanville, Sierraville, Nervino. These are the ones that comes to mind. I may have missed few. You probably don't need to consider more than that. Ramy Ramy, Thanks for taking the time to list out the most commonly used airports. I agree that all these aiports, with the exception of Flanigan (no airport found, waypoint is coded as non-landable) appear imminently landable even for 18m. Nervino is called 'Beckworth' in the Minden database, but 'Nervino' in AirNav and the FAA database. Don't know why the Minden database renamed it, but ... ;-). Are you referring to the dry lake bed near Flanigan, and if so, can you comment on what parts of the year it is usable? TIA, Frank (TA) |
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