Aleutian Island airports?

Cub Driver wrote:


There's a military field on Adak, and likewise on Shemya. No civilian
fields.

The AOPA handbook shows a civilian airport on Unalaska, but that's far
along the chain.

Rudimentary is fine. A beach would do, if there's a gas station
nearby.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

Dan,
This talk about airports in the western Aluetians, what's it all about?
You aren't thinking of trying something really *stupid*, are you?!?

Happy Flying in Hospitable Climes!
Scott Skylane

In a previous article, "S Narayan" said:
I don't quite understand why you use this convention. Is it because it
simplifies the use in a spreadsheet?

I use it because CoPilot uses it, and that's the main customer of my data.
CoPilot undoubtedly uses it because it means that US and Canadian data is
positive.


--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Q: Why do PCs have a reset button on the front?
A: Because they are expected to run Microsoft operating systems.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, "S Narayan"
said:

San Francisco, CA is at -122.4 and Reno, NV is -119.8.


No, San Francisco is at +122.4 and Reno is at +119.


By convention west longitude and south latitude are negative, east longitude
and north latitude are positive.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, Dave S said:
Here is a map

http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/fuelroute/1/ADK-ATU

Click on the airports to see which is which. BUT, heading from Adak to
Casco, you go EAST.. which means ADAK is west.

Good job, Paul
Dave

AirNav has a bug in their algorithm.

I'll accept your apology any time now.

Go to http://www.airnav.com/airport/ATU, click on the MAPPOINT link on the
right just above the airport picture.

Enlarge the map and zoom out until both locations are shown. Simple.

In a previous article, "Matt Barrow" said:
"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
...
In a previous article, Dave S said:
http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/fuelroute/1/ADK-ATU

Click on the airports to see which is which. BUT, heading from Adak to
Casco, you go EAST.. which means ADAK is west.
AirNav has a bug in their algorithm.

I'll accept your apology any time now.

Go to http://www.airnav.com/airport/ATU, click on the MAPPOINT link on the
right just above the airport picture.

Yup:

http://maps.msn.com/map.aspx?C=52.29...7cL1%7c&TI=ATU

or

http://makeashorterlink.com/?E2C813D3B

Shows ATU on the far West side of the screen, and Adak on the far East
side of the screen. If you go east from Adak, you're going to have a VERY
long trip before you get to ATU. Say hi to Steve Fossett on the way.

--
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There is no substitute for good manners, except, perhaps, fast reflexes.

Matt Barrow wrote:

But I suppose whales are considered more precious than people.

Well, if you believe that a greater value should be placed on the rarer item,
they certainly are.

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and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 11:09:37 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:

Adak NAS was closed a few years ago, the field is now Adak Airport.

Thanks. (Indeed, thanks to all who responded, thought it put my
east-west discriminator in serious jeopardy.)

Weird that these airports aren't in the AOPA guide.


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 09:50:49 -0800, Scott Skylane
wrote:

This talk about airports in the western Aluetians, what's it all about?
You aren't thinking of trying something really *stupid*, are you?!?

No, but Maurice Kirk is. www.pipercubforum.com/korea.htm

In 2001 he flew from London to Sydney. Last year he took part in the
around-New Zealand air race, then flew the Cub back to Australia.
(Check it out) In April and May he flew from Darwin to near Seoul.

Now all that's holding him up is the Russian insistence that, because
there's no avgas for sale in Siberia (maybe in all of Russia?), he
must put a diesel engine in the Cub. (He has made much of the flight
from London to Seoul on mogas.)



-- all the best, Dan Ford

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