Crashing on takeoff... how odd

Taxi ways and signage aren't lit worth a damn at some of the GA airports
I've been to at night. The lighting off the main runway leaves a lot to be
desired in most cases. It would be easy to get turned around and disoriented
at a lot of GA airports if you're not careful. They don't seem to be lit at
all like the larger airports.
Alex
My 2¢ YMMV

"Ron Lee" wrote in message
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After looking at the photo of the runway on google earth, I saw
something that I think is interesting on runway 26 compared to runway
22. The number markings for 22 are at the far end of the runway,
pretty much at the end of the taxiway such that you would have to read
the numbers from the side and as you turn onto the runway the numbers
would be off to the right of the aircraft. On runway 22 the numbers
are in front of the taxiway. After turning on to runway 22, you would
have the numbers clearly laid out in front of you, oriented correctly
with respect to your view down the runway and illuminated by the
landing lights.
I know that with the last night flight I did it was difficult to read
the numbers at night and even harder when you have to read them from
the side and no direct light onthem fromthe aircraft.
Just an observation and I am not saying that this would have helped
but I think it would be a good thing if once you are in position for
takeoff, you can see the numbers clearly in front of the aircraft. Or
at least as you are getting into position to cross over the numbers,
instead of having them off to the side some distance away.

You are correct (with your correction of the second sentence to RWY
26) but shouldn't there be illuminated signage for the runway
numbers?

Ron Lee

Taxi ways and signage aren't lit worth a damn at some of the GA airports
I've been to at night. The lighting off the main runway leaves a lot to be
desired in most cases. It would be easy to get turned around and disoriented
at a lot of GA airports if you're not careful. They don't seem to be lit at
all like the larger airports.

I landed at LEX at 9 PM last April during a return flight from Florida.
R22 has excellent lighting. Unless something wasn't turned on or was our
of service as a result of the recent runway paving, lighting should not
have been an issue.

Prior to the repaving, R22 was so rough my landing light connection got
knocked loose. :-))

Another piece of the "How'd They Manage To Do That" puzzle:

If you are sitting at the departure end of a 7000' runway, only 1000' ahead
of you is a big white 6 on a black background.
If you are sitting at the departure end of a 3500' runway, presumeably ony
500' ahead of you is a big white 3.

Really a strange situation.

Jay B

Jay Beckman wrote:
Another piece of the "How'd They Manage To Do That" puzzle:

If you are sitting at the departure end of a 7000' runway, only 1000' ahead
of you is a big white 6 on a black background.


If the board you mention is backlit, this is a very, very valid point,
which was obviously lost in the high-workload atmosphere.

Ramapriya

Jay Beckman wrote:

If you are sitting at the departure end of a 3500' runway, presumeably ony
500' ahead of you is a big white 3.

Really a strange situation.



None of the 3500 footers that I fly from have distance markers. The
4600 footer at my home base has 1000 foot marker stripes, but no
distance remaining signs.