Sandtoft Runway Resurface.
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Sandtoft Runway Resurface.
Three days into the runway repair & this is what it now looks like as of today Wednesday 25/11/09
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Filling in the cracks.
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Hope these are of interest to someone, Thanks for looking.
Trev
1, From Runway 23 end.
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Runway 05 end.
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Filling in the cracks.
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Hope these are of interest to someone, Thanks for looking.
Trev
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Updated 30/11/09
State of play as of today Monday 30th November.
The resurfacing has started
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I talked to the guy in charge & he says that if the weather plays ball for them it should be finished by Friday & hopefully in use Saturday 05/12/09
The tarmac is being bought in from Mansfield.
Trev
The resurfacing has started
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I talked to the guy in charge & he says that if the weather plays ball for them it should be finished by Friday & hopefully in use Saturday 05/12/09
The tarmac is being bought in from Mansfield.
Trev
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Some of the fleet waiting to fly.
While the runway is being resurfaced the fleet is grounded so i took some photo's of all that were there as some are away being serviced or flying at other local airfields.
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I have flown in all these air planes.
Hope these are of interest to someone.
Ta for looking Trev
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I have flown in all these air planes.
Hope these are of interest to someone.
Ta for looking Trev
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I often wondered what had become of G BBJX. It has evidently had a respray and doubtless accumulated goodness knows how many more hours to add to the umpteen thousands it had already done when I last flew it more than twenty years ago!
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This has got to have been Photoshopped.
I've never seen the windsock at Sandtoft point straight down the runway.
Generally, it's always been firmly pointed at 90 degrees to the tarmac, and often with the pole bending slightly under the strain.
Unless the resurfacing has been radical enough to point the runway into the prevailing wind...
I've never seen the windsock at Sandtoft point straight down the runway.
Generally, it's always been firmly pointed at 90 degrees to the tarmac, and often with the pole bending slightly under the strain.
Unless the resurfacing has been radical enough to point the runway into the prevailing wind...
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This has got to have been Photoshopped.
I've never seen the windsock at Sandtoft point straight down the runway.
Generally, it's always been firmly pointed at 90 degrees to the tarmac, and often with the pole bending slightly under the strain.
Unless the resurfacing has been radical enough to point the runway into the prevailing wind...
I've never seen the windsock at Sandtoft point straight down the runway.
Generally, it's always been firmly pointed at 90 degrees to the tarmac, and often with the pole bending slightly under the strain.
Unless the resurfacing has been radical enough to point the runway into the prevailing wind...
Photo has been Photoshopped to enhance details, sharpen & crop photo but nothing else has been touched.
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It can't be photoshopped - the only time the windsock is pointing down the runway is when it's unusable...
Fond memories of doing my PPL there when I was a Leeds brat. Nice to see it being looked after :-).
Fond memories of doing my PPL there when I was a Leeds brat. Nice to see it being looked after :-).
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I visited the airfield on two occasions late last year to drop of and retrieve some avionic test equipment enjoyed the club house big breakfast on both occasions best for miles around.Wish I could get same where I am now.
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I suppose it depends what type of weather you normally fly in.
Prevailing south westerlies are normally associated with unstable low pressure systems, and North Westerlies with fine high pressure days.
That often makes Leeds the best choice for fair weather flyers!
Prevailing south westerlies are normally associated with unstable low pressure systems, and North Westerlies with fine high pressure days.
That often makes Leeds the best choice for fair weather flyers!
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I visited the airfield on two occasions late last year to drop of and retrieve some avionic test equipment enjoyed the club house big breakfast on both occasions best for miles around.Wish I could get same where I am now.
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Trev, believe me I would love to however I was working for Total Air Management services at Sheffield airport they have since closed down and I am now in South West Iran, maybe sometime though.
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Today(Friday 04/12/09) they started to remark out the runway ready for this weekends flying, which looks if the weather is right to be pants..............
There have also be renovations in the clubhouse so i have included some photo's of that too.
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I will include the finished runway when i can maybe tomorrow also hoping some kind person will take me flying in one of the plane or Helicopters so i can get Ariel photos maybe from both ends.
Hope you like the photo's Cheers Trev
There have also be renovations in the clubhouse so i have included some photo's of that too.
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I will include the finished runway when i can maybe tomorrow also hoping some kind person will take me flying in one of the plane or Helicopters so i can get Ariel photos maybe from both ends.
Hope you like the photo's Cheers Trev