View Full Version : Redcliffe - Lake Redcliffe Airport (+Caboolture)
Squawk7700
27th Feb 2022, 07:12
A tad more rainfall than normal up north as you would likely be aware.
1 ft of water through the hangars at Redcliffe. New wheel bearings all round shortly!
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x720/red1_9f71f5874819bfd5dd133f847f8c6bb70fb262f0.jpeg
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runway16
27th Feb 2022, 08:51
Redcliffe waterlogged. Murwillumbah . How goes that as well?
Glad I have a float rating but need to hire a float plane.
No doubt aircraft destroyed or at best needing a lot of work to fly again.
Maybe someone should make a platform that an aircraft can stay on and float on given these conditions.
Squawk7700
27th Feb 2022, 08:56
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1280x720/p22022708360910_39b59d427f795e88a91771f3bf25e74a37c45c76.jpg
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Squawk7700
27th Feb 2022, 08:59
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/458x603/red_972c68c7423cc51d87d4a7fbad5eeaa370df71ab.jpg
Ouch.
Rodney Rotorslap
27th Feb 2022, 23:55
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/458x603/red_972c68c7423cc51d87d4a7fbad5eeaa370df71ab.jpg
Ouch.
You want to give us a clue where? You could have done that with your four characters.
tossbag
28th Feb 2022, 00:10
I'm tipping it's................Redcliffe
PoppaJo
28th Feb 2022, 01:16
Gold Coast now closed
MCY appears to be next up.
Squawk7700
28th Feb 2022, 01:56
Yes it's Redcliffe sorry.
The aircraft pictured above are at YMUR and are now completely under water and some have floated away out of sight. Out of respect for the owners I won't even post them but you can view for yourself on https://myairportcams.com
Squawk7700
1st Mar 2022, 09:21
As these were doing the rounds on TikTok of all places, I made this up to include the full set straight from the source.
https://auswebcams.com/ymur/monday/Camera1.gif
https://auswebcams.com/ymur/monday/Camera2.gif
Capt Fathom
1st Mar 2022, 09:48
Not the first time poor old Murwillumbah Airport has been under water, and won’t be the last!
KRviator
1st Mar 2022, 20:14
As these were doing the rounds on TikTok of all places, I made this up to include the full set straight from the source.One of the sadder uses for the weathercam system, but good work putting it together nonetheless :ok:. It gives a good indication as to how quickly the water can rise and fall in certain spots - and a small giggle that old mate's float-thingy was apparently "anchored" rather than properly tied down such that she did float and swing with the current & wind.
mcoates
1st Mar 2022, 22:06
These photos from Heck Field at Jacobs Well, Gold Coast. Worst flooding we have ever seen !
High tide in 1 hour but water not going down ......
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OZBUSDRIVER
2nd Mar 2022, 01:13
Those YRED shots are as high or higher than the water in the 74 floods. LAMEs and owners went about and jacked aircraft up onto bricks, enough to keep bearings out of water. This was before the drainage and Levi bank was built when the runway was sealed in the late 70s. I have never seen YRED flood since that event. Someone has done something to stuff up the drainage.
mcoates
2nd Mar 2022, 01:51
Those YRED shots are as high or higher than the water in the 74 floods. LAMEs and owners went about and jacked aircraft up onto bricks, enough to keep bearings out of water. This was before the drainage and Levi bank was built when the runway was sealed in the late 70s. I have never seen YRED flood since that event. Someone has done something to stuff up the drainage.
Global Warming.... Everyone's excuse for everything !!
subsonic85
7th Mar 2022, 02:39
Wouldn’t have anything to do with the urban development on swamp land just south of the field would it!
tossbag
7th Mar 2022, 02:57
Wouldn’t have anything to do with the urban development on swamp land just south of the field would it!
I feel a class action coming on, CCTV footage from the aeroclub, of water streaming into the field from a holding pond, of sorts.
Lantern10
8th Mar 2022, 02:37
Just South of there in Lismore it is being said that this flood was 2M higher than the 1974 event.
OZBUSDRIVER
8th Mar 2022, 02:54
YRED is 100% tidal. There was runoff that flows through the mudflats to the bay. However, of late..ALL runoff is channeled out through a single outlet near the 25 end of the field.
tossbag
8th Mar 2022, 04:17
It may be tidal, but there is footage of water streaming into the field from a holding pond outside the aerodrome.
OZBUSDRIVER
9th Mar 2022, 03:46
Agree 100%, Toss. Someone has changed the drainage around the aerodrome. Lived next door to the town surveyor for the RCC. The RL for the top of the levy bank was 300mm above the tidal surge that flooded the aerodrome during the 74 flood and cyclonic tidal surge. So, no effect from tide causing the flood. It has to have come from inland of the aerodrome.
mates rates
9th Mar 2022, 05:23
Don’t the universities teach proper engineering anymore?What are these council engineers doing,allowing these flood area housing projects to be developed?
Lead Balloon
9th Mar 2022, 06:08
I think you'll find that engineers don't have much say in it. Spiv property developers and real estate agents on the other hand...
lucille
9th Mar 2022, 08:08
I think you'll find that engineers don't have much say in it. Spiv property developers and real estate agents on the other hand...
Bingo! Look no further.
Go to the top of the class, Leady.
megle2
14th Mar 2022, 21:25
What can you salvage from all the submerged Lismore aircraft
KRviator
14th Mar 2022, 21:49
What can you salvage from all the submerged Lismore aircraftProbably not all that much...FP props, CS prop blades, some primary structures maybe - such as spar carry-throughs for a 177/210 or similar, the gear legs and tyres. Would have to think almost everything else would be too susceptible to corrosion, of the insurance company too risk averse to consider paying for repairs.