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Many years ago (1920-1930) in a land far away. Bar stories told about aircraft operating in SA. They would land in a jungle clearing and when ready forTO would put a stake in the center of the clearing and tie a rope to it. They then ran the rope out to bird and looped it around the strut (or something). Pilot held the end of the rope so it wouldn't come loose and started to accelerate in a circle. As he got enough speed to lift off he would let go the rope and fly away. If not a true story made a good one to tell at the bar. This not a one April story. Anyone else heard this story and can confirm it???? Big John `````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````` On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:18:52 -0500, Cub Driver wrote: Circular (or at least 360-degree) airfields were common at one time. You put a stake in the center with a windsock on top. The aircraft landing simply landed into the wind, wherever it was coming from. Wu Chia Ba airport in Kunming used this arrangement before the Americans arrived toward the end of 1941. all the best -- Dan Ford email: -- put Cubdriver in subject line! see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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If not a true story made a good one to tell at the bar Sounds like DC Comics to me! Not Scorchy Smith or Smilin' Jack, though. They were too realistic. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com Viva Bush! blog www.vivabush.org |
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Seaplane drivers can accelerate in a circle in order to get out of a small
lake. No rope to a central point is used. Circular airfields were built to accomodate airships and blimps. Lakehurst, NJ, where the Hindenberg disaster occured, still has a circular field. You can see it from normal scheduled airliners traveling from DCA to BOS as you approach the JFK VOR if you are sitting on the right of the plane next to a window. "Big John" wrote in message news CD Many years ago (1920-1930) in a land far away. Bar stories told about aircraft operating in SA. They would land in a jungle clearing and when ready forTO would put a stake in the center of the clearing and tie a rope to it. They then ran the rope out to bird and looped it around the strut (or something). Pilot held the end of the rope so it wouldn't come loose and started to accelerate in a circle. As he got enough speed to lift off he would let go the rope and fly away. If not a true story made a good one to tell at the bar. This not a one April story. Anyone else heard this story and can confirm it???? Big John `````````````````````````````````````````````````` `````````````` On Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:18:52 -0500, Cub Driver wrote: Circular (or at least 360-degree) airfields were common at one time. You put a stake in the center with a windsock on top. The aircraft landing simply landed into the wind, wherever it was coming from. Wu Chia Ba airport in Kunming used this arrangement before the Americans arrived toward the end of 1941. all the best -- Dan Ford email: -- put Cubdriver in subject line! see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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"William W. Plummer" writes:
Circular airfields were built to accomodate airships and blimps. Lakehurst, NJ, where the Hindenberg disaster occured, still has a circular field. You can see it from normal scheduled airliners traveling from DCA to BOS as you approach the JFK VOR if you are sitting on the right of the plane next to a window. For those of us who avoid the "airline experience"... http://mapper.acme.com/?lat=40.03651...ht=2&do t=Yes Is that it? --kyler |
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"Larry Dighera" wrote in message
... On 02 Apr 2004 14:48:42 GMT, (Hjk40) wrote in Message-Id: : I actually remember reading about the circular runway in the early 1960's For security reasons, subterranean runways/airports were proposed during WW-II. Perhaps the time has come to consider that proposal again. Wow, think of the windshear. Paul (who got 20 knots of it descending below an edge of a forest last week) |
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For security reasons, subterranean runways/airports were proposed during WW-II. Perhaps the time has come to consider that proposal again. Switzerland in the 1970s (and probably before and since) had underground hangars built into the mountainside. However, the planes taxied out of them and onto the highway, which became the runway. all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com Viva Bush! blog www.vivabush.org |
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"Kyler Laird" wrote in message ... "William W. Plummer" writes: Circular airfields were built to accomodate airships and blimps. Lakehurst, NJ, where the Hindenberg disaster occured, still has a circular field. You can see it from normal scheduled airliners traveling from DCA to BOS as you approach the JFK VOR if you are sitting on the right of the plane next to a window. For those of us who avoid the "airline experience"... http://mapper.acme.com/?lat=40.03651...ht=2&do t=Yes Is that it? Yes! Now, for extra points, what are the converging lines. If I remember correctly there are 3 or 4 sets of 4 lines. |
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Cub Driver wrote:
For security reasons, subterranean runways/airports were proposed during WW-II. Perhaps the time has come to consider that proposal again. Switzerland in the 1970s (and probably before and since) had underground hangars built into the mountainside. However, the planes taxied out of them and onto the highway, which became the runway. I dunno about that. There isn't a straight stretch of road or highway in all the mountainous areas of Switzerland, it seems to me. And I've been on 'em, on those Postal Bus routes. It'd be a mighty short-field technique taking off from one of those roads! They do have air bases in CH which have regular-old runways. Rob |
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"Rob Perkins" wrote in message
... I dunno about that. There isn't a straight stretch of road or highway in all the mountainous areas of Switzerland, it seems to me. And I've been on 'em, on those Postal Bus routes. It'd be a mighty short-field technique taking off from one of those roads! Dan is exactly correct. Air & Space Magazine ran a feature about it a few years ago. The highways used for runways are straight enough, and they have a removable divider between the lane directions so that the aircraft have use of the full width of the pavement. Perhaps they do use short-field techniques, but they do have air bases in mountain-sides and they do use the highway for the runway. Pete |
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