Circular Runway

Stefan wrote:

There's more about Switzerland than the Alps, you know...

Matter of fact, since I had domiciles in Bern-BE, Itingen-BL,
Zuerich-ZH, and Interlaken-BE, I do know that. Got to wear the
Fascnacht pin for Liestal in 1990 and everything. Basel-Land is one of
my favorite places.

Arolla in in the Canton Valais. You go to the town Sion and then follow
a little valley which points to the south, direction Matterhorn. At the
very end of that valley you'll find Arolla. You needn't be too
disappointed if you don't find it on your map, as it's a really really
really small village.

Ah, OK. Well, the only visit I was able to make to Wallis was a train
ride to Zermatt. I've got my old rail map around here someplace...

That's where I'm living. You worked for the chemistry, I guess?

No, I was a missionary/teacher for a small church in each area where I
lived, in 1989-1990. I met a lot of people that way.

In any case, I don't doubt it's possible, just that it'd be really
difficult on any road the Swiss build except the Autobahn.

Yes, those runways are on the Autobahn.

OK.

Take a look at http://www.steehouwer.com/ (scroll to the bottom and
choose Swiss Air Force, Axalp). Some of those pictures are impressing.

I remember watching a film at the Verkehrshaus in Lucerne, about the
stunt flyers in the Swiss Air Force. I didn't think it was that
impressive until someone pointed out they weren't in fly-by-wire
airplanes. Based on that, they're better than the Navy Blue Angels,
*especially* given the mountains around them.

Rob

On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:49:22 GMT, Rob Perkins
wrote:

Can't find Arolla on my map. Which Canton is it in? I found Airola, in
Ticino, and Arosa, in Graubuenden, two cantons which in spite of my 16
months there, I never managed to visit. I spent most of my time in
Basel.

It's a dinky town on the Haute (ski) Route from Chamonix to Zermatt.
We got weathered out and had to give up, so took the bus down from the
mountains. It seems to be in Valais, a bit NW of Breuil/Cervinia in
Italy. I think Arolla is the name of a pine tree.

In any case, I don't doubt it's possible, just that it'd be really
difficult on any road the Swiss build except the Autobahn. And even
then, they'd have to be great pilots in any case to operate in those
mountains...

Evidently they are, to judge by the Air&Space article referenced
earlier


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Rob Perkins wrote:

FWIW, I've heard similar things about a stretch of highway outside of
Frankfurt.

The Luftwaffe used numerous sections of the autobahn for runways in WWII. Typically,
they hid the aircraft in forests near the road and pulled out on the highway for
departure. American pilots found many of them by following the German fighters back
home.

George Patterson
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play "Your cheatin' heart", and the bride just requested "Don't come home
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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 14:59:06 +0200, Wolfgang Schwanke
wrote:

FWIW, I've heard similar things about a stretch of highway outside of
Frankfurt.

http://www.lostplaces.de/nlp/index.html

Fascinating! Thank you!

(That the removable centerline barriers can still be seen!)


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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:26:15 -0400, Cub Driver wrote:

FWIW, I've heard similar things about a stretch of highway outside of
Frankfurt.

http://www.lostplaces.de/nlp/index.html

Fascinating! Thank you!

(That the removable centerline barriers can still be seen!)

AFAIK we (here in Austria) have also some parts of our highway (Autobahn)
built to serve as emergency landing strip for our - uhhmmm - "airforce".

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On Sat, 10 Apr 2004 15:26:15 -0400, Cub Driver wrote:

(SCNR; have to send this *g*)

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