tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post8743515763395215176..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: As Pretty As An AirportAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-50197435436497360682013-12-26T17:56:45.509+00:002013-12-26T17:56:45.509+00:00Hmmmm, I was just revising a set of Jepps the day ...Hmmmm, I was just revising a set of Jepps the day before yesterday and noticed that I was removing all the City Centre plates. I wondered what that was about. now I know.A Squarednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-12079338142739588522013-12-17T16:44:50.809+00:002013-12-17T16:44:50.809+00:00As "aerodromes" little and medium are cl...As "aerodromes" little and medium are closed, concentration of all types aircraft into increasingly busy airspace is a result. Sometimes I'm glad I'm a Groundling.<br /><br />Lived every other 24 hrs ON the flight line of my active duty air force base for three years, and there was always something interesting, puzzling, rarely scary, and occasionally beautiful to see, hear and (since we were CLOSE), feel.majrojnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-66415921866609529262013-12-17T13:49:18.337+00:002013-12-17T13:49:18.337+00:00I'm sure it will live on in OurAirports.Com (S...I'm sure it will live on in <a href="http://www.ourairports.com/airports/CYXD/" rel="nofollow">OurAirports.Com</a> (Shout out to David). Which is a nice place to spend time when flying isn't in the cards. Throw a virtual dart at the map of the world and scroll around looking at abandoned and little-know aerodromes that people have documented for now and posterity.nec Timidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017143602023726206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-75709918027753804652013-12-16T20:55:11.720+00:002013-12-16T20:55:11.720+00:00While commuting to work in the foggy darkness this...While commuting to work in the foggy darkness this morning, I drove past the approach lighting to Runway 16R at the Eugene, Oregon airport. The colorful lights shone eerily beautiful through the fog, and all I could think of is how lucky I am to get to drive past our pretty airport every day. I love the lights so much that I made "Runway Lights" my avatar.<br /><br />Old airport buffs might enjoy browsing through Paul Freeman's <a href="http://www.airfields-freeman.com" rel="nofollow"> Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields</a> website. It's too bad that only US airfields are listed, but the site is a fascinating read nonetheless. I learned that 3 small airports that used to be located in my town and were lost over time.<br /><br />I'm sorry for the loss of CYXD. I hope its history is recorded somewhere. It would be a shame to be forgotten.DataPilothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11478857340951784073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-78910111696040330782013-12-15T16:56:35.167+00:002013-12-15T16:56:35.167+00:00I agree with everything you wrote -- there's n...I agree with everything you wrote -- there's nothing as beautiful as the numbers popping out of the fog or rain on an instrument approach -- but when the general public says "airport," they don't mean the landing surface or the small-city-sized infrastructure that supports the larger ones; they mean the inside of the public passenger terminal.<br /><br />I got in a long and fruitless debate on Wikipedia 5-7 years ago about editors adding airports to categories like "Buildings in X-ville." Airports contain buildings, but they're *not* buildings themselves, any more than neighbourhoods and towns are.davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15194758376900990105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-35064674811556824292013-12-15T05:01:38.443+00:002013-12-15T05:01:38.443+00:00Having grown up near YXD, spending countless hours...Having grown up near YXD, spending countless hours on the observation deck watching C-46s, DC3s, Viscounts, and Super Connies... it's a sad day indeed.<br /><br />I eventually learned to fly and start my career in aviaion at YXD. It was a real highlight a few years later to fly in briefly, and out again, in a DC9.<br /><br />RIP Edmonton aviation history.grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-31200285344736370552013-12-14T13:22:08.579+00:002013-12-14T13:22:08.579+00:00Really interesting read, thanks for sharingReally interesting read, thanks for sharingJasonhttp://www.helioperations.co.uknoreply@blogger.com