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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
KHFD;
"Beware closed field 1 1/2 m NE". I presume it must have been a NOTAM also -- (but it's not there anymore). That field has been closed for 10+ years, and they just started appending this to the local ATIS. Haven't heard of any incidents, or changes to that closed field. |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
tman inv@lid wrote:
KHFD; "Beware closed field 1 1/2 m NE". I presume it must have been a NOTAM also -- (but it's not there anymore). That field has been closed for 10+ years, and they just started appending this to the local ATIS. Haven't heard of any incidents, or changes to that closed field. My guess would be someone landed or almost landed there by mistake. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
"tman" inv@lid wrote in message ... KHFD; "Beware closed field 1 1/2 m NE". I presume it must have been a NOTAM also -- (but it's not there anymore). That field has been closed for 10+ years, and they just started appending this to the local ATIS. Haven't heard of any incidents, or changes to that closed field. Why guess? Why don't you just ask the tower? |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
Why guess? Why don't you just ask the tower? Good pt. They did give me a phone number, I presume to their personal phone, after I landed at that closed field... T |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
On May 10, 6:48*am, tman inv@lid wrote:
Steven P. McNicoll wrote: Why guess? *Why don't you just ask the tower? Good pt. *They did give me a phone number, I presume to their personal phone, after I landed at that closed field... T Didn't ya see the big X's. ?? |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
"tman" inv@lid wrote in message ... Steven P. McNicoll wrote: Why guess? Why don't you just ask the tower? Good pt. They did give me a phone number, I presume to their personal phone, after I landed at that closed field... The closed airport is the former Rentschler Field. For a bit of history about it see http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...tml#Rentschler That history includes this: John Marchesseault reported in 2007, "Brainard Airport (an active airport a very short distance away) has a runway at about the same heading. A pilot friend of mine was telling me it was not uncommon for pilot unfamiliar with the area to land at the wrong airport! Last summer a pilot from Westchester NY did exactly that! Apparently not noticing the giant 'X' on the runway... or the football stadium at the other end. It was discovered by a Fire marshal at a meeting in one of the stadium offices. In the middle of the meeting he saw the plane on final and for a short time it hit the fan. The plane landed safely & took off again, returning to NY." So how did you come to land on it? It's still depicted as a closed airport on the New York sectional and recent aerial imagery shows a multitude of yellow Xs on the runways. |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
On Sat, 10 May 2008 09:25:42 -0500, Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
A pilot friend of mine was telling me it was not uncommon for pilot unfamiliar with the area to land at the wrong airport! My CFII set me up for this during my training (though I no longer recall the details). It was good awareness practice: know where the airport is supposed to be. - Andrew |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
On Fri, 23 May 2008 00:42:24 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gideon
wrote: On Sat, 10 May 2008 09:25:42 -0500, Steven P. McNicoll wrote: A pilot friend of mine was telling me it was not uncommon for pilot unfamiliar with the area to land at the wrong airport! My CFII set me up for this during my training (though I no longer recall the details). It was good awareness practice: know where the airport is supposed to be. I noticed lat Sunday that KHFD (Brainard - Hartford, CT) is again broadcasting an ATIS warning about a nearby closed field, Renschler Field. From the air, the closed field is much more noticeable than Brainard. Did somebody try to land at Renschler again? G Here's an overhead shot: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=KHFD&ie=UTF8&ll=41.74474 1,-72.639799&spn=0.034261,0.058365&t=h&z=14 Brainard is on the left, Renschler is on the right. |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
B A R R Y wrote:
Here's an overhead shot: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=KHFD&ie=UTF8&ll=41.74474 1,-72.639799&spn=0.034261,0.058365&t=h&z=14 Brainard is on the left, Renschler is on the right. Geez! I can understand mistaking airports that are only a few miles apart, but these two have a large river between them. Even the navigationally challenged ought to be able to figure out which is which. The closed airport is on the "wrong" side of the river. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) -- Message posted via AviationKB.com http://www.aviationkb.com/Uwe/Forums...ation/200805/1 |
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Why would you guess they started saying this on the ATIS?
On Fri, 23 May 2008 19:11:57 GMT, "JGalban via AviationKB.com"
u32749@uwe wrote: The closed airport is on the "wrong" side of the river. You'd think that would help. G Apparently, the problem is that the closed airport is much more apparent from certain angles, so some folks don't realize there's two. |
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