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More from Colonsay
From Today's Corncrake Magazine at http://www.colonsay.org.uk/corncrake/cornframe.html
And what, we hear you ask, is happening on the long-heralded new air service front? And well might you ask, for, apart from being a year or three behind schedule and a few odd million quid or so over budget, things have been ominously quiet for the last couple of months. Well, don't hold your breath, but a wee bird tells us that the project could at long last have take-off before the month of June is out (the year wasn't specified...). But what we can tell you for certain is that the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) flew in to the airstrip again on Tuesday last, to give the airport a "final inspection". This, we believe, went very well, and there appeared to be no significant obstacles in the way of the airstrip being granted its licence. Coll and Connell were to be inspected by the CAA on the days following, and if all went well there too, well, the project might at long last become a reality. We shall of course bring you any breaking news in our next Issue. |
Fingers crossed, it works out this time!
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Hi
I was just wondering whether anyone had heard how the visits went on last week. Did Oban run into any problems getting licensed? |
Oban Loony Toons
For all you Oban Airport watchers out there:
http://www.christopherdgray.co.uk/ar...s/obn-text.htm WW |
Glenforsa Optics
Anyone tried to PPR via Oban lately on 01631 710 384?
WW |
Blimey Skye has moved a long way, poor old Mull....maybe that's why he got the rain shadow all wrong, too. 75 inches on average, 152 inches in a bad year. What he meant to say was that the high ground around Oban causes clouds to dump their rain on the pretty little town.
Still it is a smashing airfield to visit cos we always get to go there when the weather is good. |
Oban Loony Toons
Did you notice the OBN in the title?
Would that Be the Order of the Brown Nose? WW:E |
The number is unobtainable.....
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CWW
Brilliant site - obviously the gentleman has a weakness for mind altering drugs if he can wax that lyrical about the shiny new tin shed. I have to say Paul was a helpful as ever last weekend - and I so admire the silly rows of buoys on the approach. Surprising how many of the shiny new signs seem to have some impact damage already. Shame they did not plant them in the grass like virtually everywhere else.... |
A bit of progress here :
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I like the idea that the Islander will be able to fly in weather conditions that will keep the ferry in port!
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Hmm
Does anyone know what kind of conditions the islander will actually work in? The ferry is dependent on wind direction and tide, while presumably the islander will just have to worry about wind? Will they be flying VFR only?
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Given the fact that there is a mountain at the end of the runway at Oban it is hard to see how an instrument approach would work! My guess is VFR only.
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Its a bit like the old Hong Kong approach. Maybe they should paint some chequerboards on the hillside.
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Is Barry McCaig on this forum or does anyone know anything about him? - is he an aviator background person or just plain council etc? genuine reason for interest... :ok: pm would be better - cheers
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Read the newspaper article more carefully. It says that there will be flights on days when there is no ferry service; it does not say that there will be flights when the ferry is unable to operate.
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Point taken, I had in mind the newspaper's comment (which to me seemed to refer to timetabling) not the councillor's remarks (which certainly raises eyebrows)
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High winds produce waves, which don't go down immediately the wind drops. The islander can get in and out in a short time with lower winds. The ferry has to wait until the sea at the pier is calm enough for it to tie up. Colonsay does not have a good sheltered harbour.
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"Colonsay does not have a good sheltered harbour."
Quite so but Coll does, and so does Tiree (to a lesser degree). You can't predict when the ferry will fail to line up adequately to the linkspan, nor indeed whether the Islander will get in. As a flyer you will know that it depends not just on wind direction ( not a problem on Tiree to the extent that it might be on Coll), but also on cloud base (not a problem at all for Calmac). |
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