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May be a highwing/lowwing thing. My wheelbase is 6'. I'd do 10'.
Again, it's not as hard as it seems when you have to do it. Weiser KEQY in Houston is 40' which seems narrower. An acquaintance of mine put his Navajo in there due to poor preflight planning - think he scared himself. Sold it not long after. "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:cvmge.70892$r53.23190@attbi_s21... I think 35' was the narrowest. My comfort level depends on the wind, etc. In calm conditions, I'd be comfortable with 10'. Methinks you exaggerate a tad? :-) What's the wheelbase of your plane? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I think 35' was the narrowest. My comfort level depends on the wind, etc. In calm conditions, I'd be comfortable with 10'. Methinks you exaggerate a tad? :-) What's the wheelbase of your plane? You may have me here. I was thinking about the Skylane I used to own. I think it's track was less than 10', but a quick internet search just now failed to find a site that listed this dimension. I currently fly a club Arrow and its gear likely is more than 10' wide as it at least looks a fair bit wider than the Skylane was. So, I'll rephrase my answer to be: track + 2' in calm conditions. :-) Matt |
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What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are
you comfortable? For three years I flew out of little Sylvania Field (C89), in Sturtevant, WI. 2272 feet long, 33 feet wide, paved. (With a parallel grass strip that saved many a young pilot's hash...mine included.) Precision was rewarded. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Kyle Boatright wrote:
What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? Among other things, I had an interesting experience yesterday with a runway that was far narrower than any I'd used before... Liberty, NC, 2A5 Runway 2/20 Dimensions: 3800 x 40 ft. / 1158 x 12 m http://www.airnav.com/airport/2A5 The Mooney's wingspan is 36' 1". There are no noticable obstructions along the sides of the runway, so I didn't have any heartburn about taxiing / takeoff / landing. It definitely is a good place to observe the optical effects of a narrow runway during short final, though. My home airport has 150 ft wide runways. Dave |
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"Dave Butler" wrote in message news:1115818851.323570@sj-nntpcache-3... Kyle Boatright wrote: What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? Among other things, I had an interesting experience yesterday with a runway that was far narrower than any I'd used before... Liberty, NC, 2A5 Runway 2/20 Dimensions: 3800 x 40 ft. / 1158 x 12 m http://www.airnav.com/airport/2A5 The Mooney's wingspan is 36' 1". There are no noticable obstructions along the sides of the runway, so I didn't have any heartburn about taxiing / takeoff / landing. It definitely is a good place to observe the optical effects of a narrow runway during short final, though. My home airport has 150 ft wide runways. Mine also (150' and 100') and it takes your breath away coming into a spaghetti farm for a change. |
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....And Causey aviation operates Citations in and out of there all day and
night. I wish I had a Mooney, but since I have a Maule I have to go 3 miles east over to N61's turf to get the juices flowing. Hard to find even with a GPS, just try a low approach. "Dave Butler" wrote in message news:1115818851.323570@sj-nntpcache-3... What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? Among other things, I had an interesting experience yesterday with a runway that was far narrower than any I'd used before... Liberty, NC, 2A5 Runway 2/20 Dimensions: 3800 x 40 ft. / 1158 x 12 m http://www.airnav.com/airport/2A5 The Mooney's wingspan is 36' 1". There are no noticable obstructions along the sides of the runway, so I didn't have any heartburn about taxiing / takeoff / landing. It definitely is a good place to observe the optical effects of a narrow runway during short final, though. My home airport has 150 ft wide runways. Dave |
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Maule Driver wrote:
...And Causey aviation operates Citations in and out of there all day and night. I wish I had a Mooney, but since I have a Maule I have to go 3 miles east over to N61's turf to get the juices flowing. Hard to find even with a GPS, just try a low approach. I have a hard enought time finding Causey :-) |
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message ... What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? I remember working a Cal Air A9 one sunny day a long time ago and putting it down on a two lane country road that had telephone poles lined up nicely on each side. Does that count ? :-) Dudley Henriques |
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Dudley,
Where did you fly CallAirs? I worked ground crew and then flew them in central Iowa. We almost invariably flew off of gravel roads, however, we tried to avoid roads that had power poles. One of the pilots I crewed for landed one on a single lane road, with slightly built up edges, that was only about a foot wider than his landing gear. I was 16 and had just soloed. I couldn't believe how accurately that guy could fly and land that airplane. The A-9 was one of the nicest ground handling tailwheel airplanes I ever flew, but I'd have to be very, very current before I'd try something as narrow as he did that day. All the best, Rick |
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wrote in message ups.com... Dudley, Where did you fly CallAirs? I worked ground crew and then flew them in central Iowa. We almost invariably flew off of gravel roads, however, we tried to avoid roads that had power poles. One of the pilots I crewed for landed one on a single lane road, with slightly built up edges, that was only about a foot wider than his landing gear. I was 16 and had just soloed. I couldn't believe how accurately that guy could fly and land that airplane. The A-9 was one of the nicest ground handling tailwheel airplanes I ever flew, but I'd have to be very, very current before I'd try something as narrow as he did that day. All the best, Rick A fellow I knew in Maryland had a small Ag operation. He had a contract with a large co-op frozen food supplier doing fields in Maryland and Delaware; and did some mosquito work on the canal near us. He had 2 airplanes; the Calair and a Pawnee. I just helped him out on a few occasions. I got an Ag cert and sometimes acted as his spare pilot when he had a large field to do. I liked the CalAir; stable and easy to handle. Actually, the Pawnee wasn't all that bad either. I've ferried Agcats and Agwagons on a few occasions for non ag reasons, but never worked these airplanes. Dudley |
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