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A Different Kind of Taxiway
"P50" wrote in message ... Similar set up has been installed at Essendon Airport recently. Only instead of rail type boomgates there are full size gates. No booms or gates - all done through the tower. John B |
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A Different Kind of Taxiway
"John B" wrote in message ... "P50" wrote in message ... Similar set up has been installed at Essendon Airport recently. Only instead of rail type boomgates there are full size gates. No booms or gates - all done through the tower. John B Pretty sure there are gates there as well. There was the 4 times I was there last week. They were installed but not yet working. Also had amber beacons in place on the gates. It would be kind of silly to expect someone in the tower to trust and hope that every vehicle does not cross because they so and not have some sort of physical barrier as well. |
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A Different Kind of Taxiway
"P50" wrote in message ... "John B" wrote in message ... "P50" wrote in message ... Similar set up has been installed at Essendon Airport recently. Only instead of rail type boomgates there are full size gates. No booms or gates - all done through the tower. John B Pretty sure there are gates there as well. There was the 4 times I was there last week. They were installed but not yet working. Also had amber beacons in place on the gates. It would be kind of silly to expect someone in the tower to trust and hope that every vehicle does not cross because they so and not have some sort of physical barrier as well. P50 I was referring to the crossing at RAF Ballykelly in Nothern Ireland (my contribution to the thread). The railway had absolute priority to that part of the runway - UNLESS the tower could negotiate use. Inside the tower there were bells and signals, fed from the railway signal box. As a past Essendon Tower Controller, where are the boomgates installed? John B |
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A Different Kind of Taxiway
"John B" wrote in message ... Sorry John given your response was after mine and included my text in regards to Essendon Airport I thought you were referring to such. Not the other location you mention. Apologies to you. The new crossing system with the gates at Essendon have been installed in what was previously a dead end road. There has been some major redevelopment works at Essendon and this has included new hangers and buildings in most parts of the property. If you have a look at the Google Earth image I've attached I have edited in where the new gates and crossing have been installed and marked where some of the new buildings are. (Very crude guide) There is also another inroad being built to the Airport up towards the end of Runway 17. New hangers have been built near where the Air Ambulance base is also as well as numerous new buildings inside the centre of the main airport roads. |
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A Different Kind of Taxiway
"P50" wrote in message ... "John B" wrote in message ... Sorry John given your response was after mine and included my text in regards to Essendon Airport I thought you were referring to such. Not the other location you mention. Apologies to you. The new crossing system with the gates at Essendon have been installed in what was previously a dead end road. There has been some major redevelopment works at Essendon and this has included new hangers and buildings in most parts of the property. If you have a look at the Google Earth image I've attached I have edited in where the new gates and crossing have been installed and marked where some of the new buildings are. (Very crude guide) There is also another inroad being built to the Airport up towards the end of Runway 17. New hangers have been built near where the Air Ambulance base is also as well as numerous new buildings inside the centre of the main airport roads. Thank you for that - it's certainly becoming a busy little place now. Mind you it had its moments when it was Melbourne Airport - particularly on a Friday evening. John B |
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A Different Kind of Taxiway
"John B" wrote in message ... Thank you for that - it's certainly becoming a busy little place now. Mind you it had its moments when it was Melbourne Airport - particularly on a Friday evening. John B John B et al, For those interested in older images from Essendon Airport, this site has some very interesting shots on it. Might bring back a memory or two for John if you were there then. http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages...r/Carvair.html http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac100_700.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac080_700.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac132_700.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac661_550.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages...AcEC07_550.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac078_550.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages...endon/ECT.html |
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A Different Kind of Taxiway
"P50" wrote in message ... "John B" wrote in message ... Thank you for that - it's certainly becoming a busy little place now. Mind you it had its moments when it was Melbourne Airport - particularly on a Friday evening. John B John B et al, For those interested in older images from Essendon Airport, this site has some very interesting shots on it. Might bring back a memory or two for John if you were there then. http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages...r/Carvair.html http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac100_700.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac080_700.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac132_700.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac661_550.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages...AcEC07_550.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages.../Ac078_550.jpg http://www.ernmphotography.com/Pages...endon/ECT.html Thanks P50 Very interesting shots and so nostalgic. I was on the day the first Carvair taxyed past and the Senior Tower Controller asked what type of aircraft it was. The reply was quite long - starting with Carvair and then going through all the conversion process. Eventually the tower managed to get a few words in ........... "Do it yourself?" John B |
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