Best Airstrips
Originally Posted by disco_air
Actually, Dry_Twotter I was reading a university study on pilots and it was found that the kind of strips you flew into was directly proportional to the quality of women you socialised with 
Would you rather;
overgrown, short, unserviced, remote, obstacles, uneven surface, u/s after a bit of rain, no go at night, no clearance required
or
smooth surface, regularly inspected and serviced, lit, lots of alternates available, can get in in most weather conditions, plenty of length available, clearance required, mown grass on clearways
...Disco aka Wet_Twotter
P.S or even;
very wet surface, salty, requires a little chop, some obstacles, often shared with other users, be prepared to dive in occasionally
Refer previous picture
Would you rather;
overgrown, short, unserviced, remote, obstacles, uneven surface, u/s after a bit of rain, no go at night, no clearance required
or
smooth surface, regularly inspected and serviced, lit, lots of alternates available, can get in in most weather conditions, plenty of length available, clearance required, mown grass on clearways
...Disco aka Wet_Twotter
P.S or even;
very wet surface, salty, requires a little chop, some obstacles, often shared with other users, be prepared to dive in occasionally
Refer previous picture
1500m sealed strips;
-High maintenance
-Boring
-Ugly
-Expensive
-Large dimensions
-Usually require huge approach speeds resulting in an uncomfortable collision, bounce, or go around
Bush Strips;
-Exciting
-Skill required to master
-Low maintenance
-Not everything and everyone can land on them
-Enjoy being landed on (trust me, i asked them)
Originally Posted by disco_air
Dry_Twotter
The best strips are the ones you cant even stand up on
The best strips are the ones you cant even stand up on
PT6A-27, or none at all.
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Forgot the name of the strip (Ononge?), its about 30 mins North of Port Moresby on the way to Woitape.
Being on the ridgeline gives fantastic views, but opens you up to the swirling winds in the valley
-(usually a 15kt tailwind/downdraft just after you're airborne in a busted -200 twotter with a density altitude of 8000ft and a load full of goilalas and other wildlife).
Note the slight dogleg halfway up - and this was one of the tame ones..
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...c/8087aac8.jpg
photobucket only allows 512kb. ill try to make it a little bigger/clearer (?)
Being on the ridgeline gives fantastic views, but opens you up to the swirling winds in the valley
-(usually a 15kt tailwind/downdraft just after you're airborne in a busted -200 twotter with a density altitude of 8000ft and a load full of goilalas and other wildlife).
Note the slight dogleg halfway up - and this was one of the tame ones..
http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f3...c/8087aac8.jpg
photobucket only allows 512kb. ill try to make it a little bigger/clearer (?)
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Used to love landing on Fraser Is. at low tide. Nothing difficult about the procedure, but the 50 mile final approach at low altitude was wonderful.
Chimbu, is that a pic of an airstrip or an accident site?
Chimbu, is that a pic of an airstrip or an accident site?
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Why thankyou Chimbu chuckles!
I didnt know they were 300 series, which was one thing i was missing in my arguments against the young Dry_Twotter back on Messmate.
Ha! Take that! They have bananas and PT6A-27!
and drshmoo, have you tried the parallel runway operations?
...Wet_Twotter
a.k.a Disco
I didnt know they were 300 series, which was one thing i was missing in my arguments against the young Dry_Twotter back on Messmate.
Ha! Take that! They have bananas and PT6A-27!
and drshmoo, have you tried the parallel runway operations?
...Wet_Twotter
a.k.a Disco
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Chimbu, is that a pic of an airstrip or an accident site?
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Ah Jensen Bay, found a nice rock in middle of the strip which reduced the alredy crappy strip to about 400m useable( the rock was as big as my car).
Also, Cannon Hill near Oenpelli, N.T is perhaps the most picturesque in the wet. This is where they wedged the Citation into during the second Crocodile Dundee film. Me thinks he was very light and had a gravel kit.
Also, Cannon Hill near Oenpelli, N.T is perhaps the most picturesque in the wet. This is where they wedged the Citation into during the second Crocodile Dundee film. Me thinks he was very light and had a gravel kit.
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Ahh the Airsick Grunt, reminds me of a funny story...
Doing low level surveillance in the Bou with a Grunt out the side door and the Eng on the ramp.... all is going well for the first hour or two and then I hear AWWW
over the intercom, after the panic of, did we hit a bird, is an engine on fire subsided, turns out the grunt had spewed out the side door into the air stream which had then circled around the tail and completely sprayed the Eng.... A good det that one!
I used to love the flight plan of between, 270 and 090 deg and 50-500miles. Air traffic would always come back and say you can't do that how can we supply traffic, well it was at night and we were below 500AGL how much traffic was there going to be?
No lights and we could fly right over someone at 250AGL and they wouldn't be able to find us (Your could see all the torches), hear us, yep sure but the sound was so loud you couldn’t get a good direction, ahh the good old days!
Doing low level surveillance in the Bou with a Grunt out the side door and the Eng on the ramp.... all is going well for the first hour or two and then I hear AWWW
over the intercom, after the panic of, did we hit a bird, is an engine on fire subsided, turns out the grunt had spewed out the side door into the air stream which had then circled around the tail and completely sprayed the Eng.... A good det that one! I used to love the flight plan of between, 270 and 090 deg and 50-500miles. Air traffic would always come back and say you can't do that how can we supply traffic, well it was at night and we were below 500AGL how much traffic was there going to be?
No lights and we could fly right over someone at 250AGL and they wouldn't be able to find us (Your could see all the torches), hear us, yep sure but the sound was so loud you couldn’t get a good direction, ahh the good old days!
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Thanks Wombat35, great photo of a superior aircraft. The old Caribou could get into any of the strips mentioned in this thread and looks really sexy! (almost as sexy as the Buffalo).
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Originally Posted by Tiger 77
Use to fly into an airstrip about 18 months ago in the North Kimberley near Jatz homestead. The runway is half dirt and half water so only amphibians can operate there. The trick is to start on the land and just before you hit the water retract the gear and continue the takeoff roll in the water.
Tiger.
Tiger.
Originally Posted by Tiger 77
I believe a local operator still takes their 206 there occasionally.
So we're fitting buffalo tyres on and trying it this way instead (500kb wmv)
Takeoffs and landing at Jatz Cracka homestead both proved a challenging predicament initially and almost grounded/drowned the operation before it started, until we considered going the opposite way which represented a more successful outcome. So what happened to the buffalo ?
Anyway lands over-rated ... like the dhc5
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The Citation was at Borallba (spelling) which is about 15nm south of JAB. Same aircraft and driver went into the side of a hill in NQLD about a year later.
Dr Dlittle - Un bef%&#leavable.
YOU WIN
The Citation was at Borallba (spelling) which is about 15nm south of JAB. Same aircraft and driver went into the side of a hill in NQLD about a year later.
Dr Dlittle - Un bef%&#leavable.
YOU WIN