Martin Spott wrote:
> I have a (ZIP-)file floating around on a disk that I must have found
> somwhere on "the net" (the file, not the disk ;-)
[...]
> ftp://ftp.uni-duisburg.de/FlightGear/Devel/Chambley.zip
This posting was written on Sa, 23 Okt 2004. Chambley AB was the first
airfield I've been modelling for FlightGear. It took me weeks to
investigate and finally decide on which ICAO id to choose for that one,
since the field never had one. So I chose "LCHM", which was the id of a
former, local weather station (even Robin Peel agreed on that one,
since no better option was available ;-)
In the meantime, Chambley got an inofficial id "LF5424" (didn't work
with FlightGear), later it was also known as "LF52" (changed in
FlightGear as well as in Robin's DB). I've been landing there few times
in a Piper Archer II, a couple of years ago, together with my
instructor (before I got my license) and I'm still feeling much
sympathy for this site.
Now, this year the field was assigned an official status and given it's
first 'real' ICAO id, "LFJY" - 55 years after its construction, 45
years after it's retirement .... From my perspective that's rather
funny ;-)
Cheers,
Martin.
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