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"Gerrie" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:02:40 GMT, (Gerrie) wrote: http://www.baragwanath.netfirms.com/.../airstrip.htm/ Sorry, I screwed up, the correct URL is http://www.baragwanath.netfirms.com/...s/airstrip.htm without the forward slash at the end My first thought upon seeing that strip was a two-word exclamation. But since you got the picture at church, I won't type it out. :-) Wayne |
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Follow up Alright, All You Dashing, Swaggering Bush Pilots
"Gerrie" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:02:40 GMT, (Gerrie) wrote: http://www.baragwanath.netfirms.com/.../airstrip.htm/ Sorry, I screwed up, the correct URL is http://www.baragwanath.netfirms.com/...s/airstrip.htm without the forward slash at the end Gerrie Is someone fibbing here? In the _Plane and Pilot_ article I referred to in the thread, this particularly nasty airstrip (but "cake" for Waldo, Urb, and Packie) is shown as having been carved from the jungle in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is a damn fur piece from South Africa. |
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"Gerrie" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:00:04 -0400, "Larry Smith" wrote: Is someone fibbing here? In the _Plane and Pilot_ article I referred to in the thread, this particularly nasty airstrip (but "cake" for Waldo, Urb, and Packie) is shown as having been carved from the jungle in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is a damn fur piece from South Africa. Don't know who's fibbing, but I will try and find out. I will contact the missions agency on Monday and ask where they got the picture. It's also shown on their website. Nevertheless, Africa, Indonesia, who cares, I don't wanna land there! Gerrie Sorry, Gerrie. Poor choice of words on my part. I shouldn't suggest someone is pulling one here. Look at the current P&P, though, and you will see that wild looking strip said to be in Indonesia. It looks to be a good candidate for Chris Heintz's CH 701 or the bigger CH bushplane, both with eyebrows for STOL. |
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"Gerrie" wrote ...
Nevertheless, Africa, Indonesia, who cares, I don't wanna land there! One of the problems with photography is pictures taken at long range look foreshortened. I'm sure that runway isn't what it seems to be in this picture. Rich |
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"Larry Smith" wrote in message ...
"Gerrie" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:02:40 GMT, (Gerrie) wrote: http://www.baragwanath.netfirms.com/.../airstrip.htm/ Sorry, I screwed up, the correct URL is http://www.baragwanath.netfirms.com/...s/airstrip.htm without the forward slash at the end Gerrie Is someone fibbing here? In the _Plane and Pilot_ article I referred to in the thread, this particularly nasty airstrip (but "cake" for Waldo, Urb, and Packie) is shown as having been carved from the jungle in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is a damn fur piece from South Africa. Lar, Looks a lot like where I learned to fly if you take that center bump out. Can't see the rest of the strip, but looks about like 100ft elevation difference; notice that is a a c-206/207/208 probably a six with a belly pod for cargo. If I can figure out how to hook up the scanner, I'll post some similar stuff with me flying. Granted that one's a little worse... if I owned it I'd hire those guys at the top to get the village to remove that center hump before some lawyer like latchless gets killed on it. Pretty standard stuff in the third world. Looks like he broke ground in about 500ft; he must be loaded down with misprinted bibles or something. pacplyer |
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"pac plyer" wrote in message om... "Larry Smith" wrote in message ... "Gerrie" wrote in message one's a little worse... if I owned it I'd hire those guys at the top to get the village to remove that center hump before some lawyer like latchless gets killed on it. Pretty standard stuff in the third world. Looks like he broke ground in about 500ft; he must be loaded down with misprinted bibles or something. The hump in the middle is the only way you'll get that baby in the air off that strip.:-) -- .. -- Cheers, Jonathan Lowe modelflyer at antispam dot net Antispam trap in place pacplyer |
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On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 13:00:02 -0400, "Larry Smith"
wrote: "Gerrie" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 10:00:04 -0400, "Larry Smith" wrote: Is someone fibbing here? In the _Plane and Pilot_ article I referred to in the thread, this particularly nasty airstrip (but "cake" for Waldo, Urb, and Packie) is shown as having been carved from the jungle in Kalimantan, Indonesia, which is a damn fur piece from South Africa. Don't know who's fibbing, but I will try and find out. I will contact the missions agency on Monday and ask where they got the picture. It's also shown on their website. Nevertheless, Africa, Indonesia, who cares, I don't wanna land there! Hey Larry, you was right (and P&P). According to the missions agency this nasty thing is near the village of Irianjira, Kalimantan province, Indonesia. It looks to be a good candidate for Chris Heintz's CH 701 or the bigger CH bushplane, both with eyebrows for STOL. Looks more like a candidate for a new roller coaster theme park or something. I still don't wanna land there! In fact, I don't even relish the idea of being a passenger in a plane landing there. |
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On 17 Aug 2003 22:47:37 -0700, (pac plyer) wrote:
From: (pac plyer) Newsgroups: rec.aviation.homebuilt Subject: Follow up Alright, All You Dashing, Swaggering Bush Pilots References: m NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.82.9.24 (Gerrie) wrote in message ... On 17 Aug 2003 10:37:23 -0700, (pac plyer) wrote: ... he must be loaded down with misprinted bibles or something. Just curious... why would it be misprinted bibles? Gerrie O.K. you win. He's hauling drugs and automatic weapons for the backhaul. pacplyer bringing in the leaves Man you're good. How did you know? Point I was gonna make is that they don't distribute misprinted bibles. That's defeating the object. It's like spreading only half the gospel. Why risk your life and plane to distribute half the truth? |
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