Minden Airstrip Review

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)