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There was a writeup a few weeks ago on the retired South African
Airways 747 that was flown to its museum airfield & landed on a 50' wide asphalt strip, down and stopped in 2300 ft. There was about 3 ft edge distance for the 747 gear. It was an incredible piece of airmanship. I can't find the url for anything on it though. Did anyone else save it? |
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Maule Driver wrote:
...And Causey aviation operates Citations in and out of there all day and night. I wish I had a Mooney, but since I have a Maule I have to go 3 miles east over to N61's turf to get the juices flowing. Hard to find even with a GPS, just try a low approach. I have a hard enought time finding Causey :-) |
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"nrp" wrote:
There was a writeup a few weeks ago on the retired South African Airways 747 that was flown to its museum airfield & landed on a 50' wide asphalt strip, down and stopped in 2300 ft. There was about 3 ft edge distance for the 747 gear. It was an incredible piece of airmanship. Indeed! http://www.skypark.org/747Landing.htm Greetings, Markus |
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Just SWEET! What an a/c and what a nice piloting job.
Markus Voget wrote: "nrp" wrote: There was a writeup a few weeks ago on the retired South African Airways 747 that was flown to its museum airfield & landed on a 50' wide asphalt strip, down and stopped in 2300 ft. There was about 3 ft edge distance for the 747 gear. It was an incredible piece of airmanship. Indeed! http://www.skypark.org/747Landing.htm Greetings, Markus |
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote: What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? Among other things, I had an interesting experience yesterday with a runway that was far narrower than any I'd used before... When I lived in CA, I based at Frazier Lake for several years. Normally, you use the 150'x2500' grass runway, but in the winter the grass is too soggy, so we used the paved taxiway. That was approximately 20'-25' wide and 2500' long. It got really sporting in a crosswind, so you really had to keep on centerline. Smith Ranch, in Marin County, was another narrow strip. -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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Kyle Boatright wrote: What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? I think the narrowest one I've used was Manley Hot Springs (PAML) in the Alaskan interior. It was listed at 30 ft. wide in the book (which happens to match the wingspan of my Cherokee). While I was flaring, I noticed that there was pretty much just one place for me to put the wheels on the relatively smooth dirt and gravel. The vegetation had grown in from both sides, making the runway much narrower than 30 ft. After landing, I saw that I only had a few feet of runway showing on the outside of either wheel pant. Curiosity got the best of me, so I measured the width of the strip. It was 20 ft. Fortunately, the vegetation that grew at the edge of the strip was low, so I didn't have to worry about dinging the wings. I'd hate to have to land there with a serious crosswind. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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On 2005-05-11, Kyle Boatright wrote:
What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? The narrowest was at Woodland State (W27) which is 1965x25, in a 172 when I had about 14 hours. I must be comfortable with 2500x48 since that's where my plane is based. It still freaks me out to land at night (the lights are significantly wider, maybe 80-100' apart). It makes the runway look short and stubby. I don't think I've ever used more than the center 20' of the runway except once when a brake grabbed a little and I swerved. Closest I've come to groundlooping a tricycle gear plane! -- Ben Jackson http://www.ben.com/ |
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"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message ... What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? Narrowest was the temporary runway at Middleton (C29) at 35'. No problem with that except I was flying a TR182 for the first time and my fourth landing on the runway was when I did my Instrument checkride. http://www.bumblesfolly.com/html/morey_0.html |
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Jay Honeck wrote:
I think 35' was the narrowest. My comfort level depends on the wind, etc. In calm conditions, I'd be comfortable with 10'. Methinks you exaggerate a tad? :-) What's the wheelbase of your plane? You may have me here. I was thinking about the Skylane I used to own. I think it's track was less than 10', but a quick internet search just now failed to find a site that listed this dimension. I currently fly a club Arrow and its gear likely is more than 10' wide as it at least looks a fair bit wider than the Skylane was. So, I'll rephrase my answer to be: track + 2' in calm conditions. :-) Matt |
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Dudley Henriques wrote:
"Kyle Boatright" wrote in message ... What's the narrowest runway you've ever used? At what runway width are you comfortable? I remember working a Cal Air A9 one sunny day a long time ago and putting it down on a two lane country road that had telephone poles lined up nicely on each side. Does that count ? :-) Dudley Henriques Depends on the width of the road. :-) Matt |
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