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An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 138 points 3 years ago (24 children)

Must be lovely to hear your neighbor fire up their Cessna at 7 in the morning for their morning commute.

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  • [–] 73 points 3 years ago* (13 children)

    Enjoy being stuck behind the asshole in a C130 with trucknutz.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    Would be super impressed if a C130 didn't end up in the cornfield on t/o

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (7 children)

    image

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Those are booster jet engines?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    C130s were designed to operate from relatively short unimproved runways. If the place has enough runway to operate corporate jets, it should have enough for a C130.

    EDIT: This place only has enough runway (2998 x 50 ft ) for small Cessna size aircraft, so no jets or C130s.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    I reckon a C130 could use it actually. The US Navy landed one on a carrier, which is probably shorter then this runway.

    Edit: yes, USS Nimitz is 1/3 the length of this runway. C130 could land and take-off there with no issues.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I've lived under a flight path, ~9km/6miles from the airport - while I understand the difference between a 787 and a Cessna 172, I've got no earthly idea why anyone would choose to have a runway in their front yard.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I live basically across the street from an Air Force base so I get turboprops over the house at 1,000 feet starting at about 7:00 5-6 days a week. Doesn't bother me or my wife, we just like planes.

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