Hi there, anyone been into Katoomba?
I am planning to visit home (Sydney - I live in London) later this year and plan to take a mate of mine, who lives in the Blue Mountains, and his kids on a local flight from Camden in a P28B Dakota to see the sites and their house from the air, and was thinking stopping in at (unlicensed) Katoomba for a break and change of seats etc.
I understand the longer of the two runways (RWY 24/06) I am told is 950m - haven't done the math yet, and the Dak is a bit heavy compared to a Warrior so it will depend on the density altitude (elev. 3,280') on the day, but I think that'll probably be OK for climbing out. But if they are on the cross-wind runway (28/10) which I understand is substantially shorter, then that probably won't be an option. The remarks in ERSA say that there are power lines crossing the RWY 28 threshold as well.
I'd be interested to hear from anyone familiar with the airfield -- anyone been in there in a Dakota? Anything else to know?
Cheers!
Andy
