Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Ian Sergeant
Yeah. Complete nonsense, unfortunately. Ian. On Mon, 29 Apr 2024, 12:25 am Ian Bennett, wrote: > Hi all, > I'll put my two boobs worth in here, but my information is > extremely dated. > When I was gliding back in the 80's, we used to fly from a private > airstrip. There was no

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Sam Cantwell via Talk-au
French Island is often used by flight schools as a training area for pilots due to its low population, specifically for practicing engine failures where the student will glide the plane down to 500 ft and simulating the emergency procedures before flying back up to altitude. When I was completi

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Phil Wyatt via Talk-au
Actually – maybe it did! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PcmFQUWZuM I will add the strip! From: Phil Wyatt via Talk-au Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 8:38 PM To: 'Ewen Hill' Cc: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips The Grand Design House is n

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Phil Wyatt via Talk-au
@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips Hi all, There was a proposal of an air bnb and hangar and is next to a house on Grand Designs TV Show however the runway was never really specced for the type of aircraft that would want to use the runway. So it really is for very small or

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Ian Bennett
Hi all, I'll put my two boobs worth in here, but my information is extremely dated. When I was gliding back in the 80's, we used to fly from a private airstrip. There was no windsock erected. When I asked about this, I was told that a windsock implied a public airstrip so

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Andrew Davidson
On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:47 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Especially with the "runway" apparently going through a tree & 2 fences! > ... and a farm dam. I've had a look at the other runways they've mapped and they almost all look OK. There is another that goes through some fences and one or

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Frederik Ramm
Thanks all - I'll drop that airstrip then. On 29/04/2024 10:04, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, the DWG was contacted by the owner of some farmland about an aerodrome=airport that was mapped on their property and which they would like to have removed since it was not a published airstrip and while

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Ewen Hill
Hi... and this is the CASA public report (sadly in an old limited format) https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1990/aair/aair199001173 On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 19:47, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > Especially with the "runway" apparently going through a tree & 2 fences! > > Than

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Ewen Hill
tralian.com.au/news/plane-flips-after-landing-gear-malfunctions-on-victorias-french-island/video/f61a249832fb86f3fad6be0aa92c3ce6 > > > > > > *From:* Andrew Welch via Talk-au > *Sent:* Monday, April 29, 2024 6:32 PM > *To:* talk-au@openstreetmap.org > *Subject:* Re: [talk-au]

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Especially with the "runway" apparently going through a tree & 2 fences! Thanks Graeme On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 18:36, Andrew Welch via Talk-au < talk-au@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > Considering there's also a "hanger" there that doesn't seem to be visible > on any aerial imagery I just checked,

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Warin
On 29/4/24 18:31, Andrew Welch via Talk-au wrote: Considering there's also a "hanger" there that doesn't seem to be visible on any aerial imagery I just checked, I'm in favour of deleting it. It just doesn't seem to actually exist, and I question where the name came from. Way: 115613911

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Warin
On farms I only map the runway as a runway not an airport. I have not resorted to an access tag... They would be used by the RFDS when required. ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Phil Wyatt via Talk-au
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 6:32 PM To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips Considering there's also a "hanger" there that doesn't seem to be visible on any aerial imagery I just checked, I'm in favour of deleting it. It just doesn'

Re: [talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Andrew Welch via Talk-au
Considering there's also a "hanger" there that doesn't seem to be visible on any aerial imagery I just checked, I'm in favour of deleting it. It just doesn't seem to actually exist, and I question where the name came from. --- Thanks, Andrew Welch m...@andrewwelch.net On 29/04/2024 5:34 pm, F

[talk-au] farm airstrips

2024-04-29 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, the DWG was contacted by the owner of some farmland about an aerodrome=airport that was mapped on their property and which they would like to have removed since it was not a published airstrip and while they occasionally used it for take-offs and landings they don't want ir promoted. My