flying to new Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian Air & Space Museum

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ...

Hmmm. For what they are spending on the annex, the extra cost to construct
a bridge for the taxiway over the road couldn't be THAT significant, could
it?

Frankly, something as low tech as a stop sign would probably suffice.
At the Army AIr Field I was based at we had stop lights and warning horms
to keep you from crossing the approach area of the runway while aircraft
were landing.

Frankly, something as low tech as a stop sign would probably suffice.

Lol - do they even have those for the alaskan highway slash runways?

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Frankly, something as low tech as a stop sign would probably suffice.

I think that depends on whether the access road is open to the general
public or not (and I don't know whether it is or not). IMHO, if it's open
to the general public, a stop sign *should* be sufficient but probably is
not. Even a traffic signal is eventually going to result in an accident and
a lawsuit. If it went to jury, aviation would certainly get the short end
of the stick, regardless of signage.

If the access road is only for "authorized personnel", as I assume the one
at the Army base you referred to is, I think proper signaling of the
intersection would be fine and relatively immune to nitwits.

Either way, it's a shame there's no direct access to the museum right now.

Pete

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ...
"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Frankly, something as low tech as a stop sign would probably suffice.

I think that depends on whether the access road is open to the general
public or not (and I don't know whether it is or not).

It's the old Gate 4 access road. It's not open to the public. The public
entrance comes in via a new fly over ramp on route 28 a little farther south
and stays east of the museum ramp area.

Once you get through that gate, you are able to drive into movement areas
so you should be watching for aircraft anyhow.

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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Once you get through that gate, you are able to drive into movement areas
so you should be watching for aircraft anyhow.

Ahh...well, then yes...I agree that not only should a stop sign suffice, it
surely would as well. We have similar intersections around Paine Field
(KPAE) and they work just fine. I suspect they are not all that rare at the
larger airports.

Pete