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Old 12th March 2009 | 22:22
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Cusco
 
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If the strip is sufficiently popular and has enough traffic that aeroplanes might reasonably be expected to land from time to time, it should be signposted by the owner/farmer to warn the public, and have a nice unobstructed windsock in the middle.
MM you've exactly described our strip:

Except no power lines and no trees: it's wide and long with clear approaches for miles.

It is barn door obvious that a/c fly from there as they indeed have done since 1974.

That doesn't stop the locals walking their dogs, riding their horses, flying their kites and even turning up in 4 x 4s for a shoot (yes, really).

A fair bit of afterdark Astra donutting , boozing and not a little sh*gging as evidenced by the cans bottles and rubberware left lying about.

Short of having armed watchtowers there's s*d all we can do about it:

Go some where else to land? Get real, my car's in the hangar..............

You can bet your sweet bippy I will land there eventually.

Not had to divert yet. Like I and others have said above, a (legal) baulked landing as the Yanks call it does the trick.

(Day only of course, what they do after dark is not relevant: a strip run in the morning before take off sorts out the previous night's detritus)

Yeuch: but somebody's got to do it.

And there's always Article 73 of the ANO.

Cusco

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