Rocky Airport to go Under

[The Tn Man]

Capt Fathom..thats ironic
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"On restriction" restricted runway length.... it was very close to not getting off the ground. Maybe the Skipper pulled a few tricks out of the bag to get the beast into the air!!

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Just wondering....

Have all the 'lighties' been flown out to safer ground, or are the hangar floors above the water line expected..??

Or maybe that should read 'unexpected'..?

Cheers

[The Tn Man]

How do I insert an Image ?I have some photos of the 1991 flood

[Jabawocky]

Have a look here......

http://www.pprune.org/dg-p-general-a...ng-pprune.html

If that does not help check your PM's

[morno]

Griffo I was in there yesterday and there were still a few lighties parked up.

All the hangars will end up with water through them if the peak get's as high as predicted.

morno

[Tiger01]

All RPT services have now been suspended. Last RPT service was Virgin at 1:45pm today

[amberale]

Hey Tnman.
I was also there in 91.
I remember......
Getting driven in very slowly by Unimogs so the waves wouldn't lap into the equipment room full of electronics at the base of the tower.
Watching a guy in a R22 shifting cattle out of the paddock on the western side of the airport by slapping them with the skids.
Keeping the runway open at reduced length for George with the pathology tests from GLA.
RS convincing the council engineer after the water had dropped that he should not take a grader to the "bumps" that had come up in the runway and that runway hotmix wasn't roadbase.

Ah memories.

AA

[Sunstar320]

91' floods for those who remember

[The Tn Man]

This is how Rok operated during the Floods for 3 weeks

Ferry pax to Rosslyn Bay on Coach then to GKL on launch then DTO ferry to Glt to hook up with Sunstate 360`s,I dont think there are many twotters around now ,Calling Bevan are you still there??

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Many Thanks for that Morno,

'Tis disheartening to see good aircraft being left to such a risk. But I guess as long as the levels do not rise much above the wheels, then they will be OK.....

Cheers

[Ex FSO GRIFFO]

Hey 'PD',

Your pic looks more up to date than the one on the CH7 news in PH tonight.....

Congrats and well done...

[Capt Claret]

I'd be interested in the logistics of reopening a runway that has been flooded like that. I doubt it's as simple as waiting for the water to recede.

Does any one have any insight?

[Super Cecil]

They say the runway has been shut but they are trying desperately to keep the tower open so they can still fly helicopters. How does that work? How do choppers operate on the likes of fires where you have mebe up to 20 Aircraft all working from the same strip without a tower? A loaded 206 would still operate off the runway that is left in the photo or even the taxiway.

[Dick N. Cider]

Is there a corresponding SWS NOTAM?

[Dick N. Cider]

There's a requirement for a Class D service and the airspace is not just the runway. While they can provide it from the tower I guess they will. Whether they can continue to get there and equipment remains functional will be dependent upon how much water ultimately.

There were plenty of "wet feet" piccies from the '91 flood. I remember seeing them in pre-electronic format.

DNC

[Ultralights]

Near Emerald yesterday

[Super Cecil]

There's a requirement for a Class D service and the airspace is not just the runway. While they can provide it from the tower I guess they will. Whether they can continue to get there and equipment remains functional will be dependent upon how much water ultimately.

So why not just make it a CTAF? If it's too hard as controlled airspace then let the boys sort themselves out, they do it everywhere else.

[ForkTailedDrKiller]

Looking at PD's pic, why close the aerodrome?

Still looks way betterer than places that many of us operate into all the time.

Dr

[Worrals in the wilds]

I'd be interested in the logistics of reopening a runway that has been flooded like that. I doubt it's as simple as waiting for the water to recede.

At the very least you'd want to do an engineer's inspection. There could easily be serious surface cracking, potholes and maybe subsidence under the surface that wouldn't be picked up in a standard RWY inspection. There aren't all that many civil engineers with airport expertise in Australia, I'd imagine that Rocky's commissioned one of them to have a squizz once the water recedes. An airport has responsibility for the serviceability of its runways (and closing them if they're unserviceable), so it will be up to them rather than Airservices to decide when it's safe to use.

Hopefully there's nothing much wrong with it and they'll be back up and running ASAP.

[Dick N. Cider]

Declare it a CTAF and anyone can enter. Class D and you need a clearance. Traffic is currently restricted to flood relief and emergency as far as I know.