▲ 949 ▼ 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 HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 239 comments fedilink hide all child comments Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287
[–] PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (2 children) Why do they need numbers? There's only one runway. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 3 years ago Gives you a rough magnetic heading so you can line up easier and keep your pattern straight. Also to tell others which way you're going to keep from crashing head-on (a north/south strip might be 36/18, for example, so ppl know which way you're going). permalink fedilink source parent [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago A runway with two ends. And you'd probably be surprised how easy it is to choose one end when you mean another. Also to identify it from the air as a runway. It's paved and they painted a centerline; I would have also painted numbers and thresholds. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 6 points 3 years ago Gives you a rough magnetic heading so you can line up easier and keep your pattern straight. Also to tell others which way you're going to keep from crashing head-on (a north/south strip might be 36/18, for example, so ppl know which way you're going). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago A runway with two ends. And you'd probably be surprised how easy it is to choose one end when you mean another. Also to identify it from the air as a runway. It's paved and they painted a centerline; I would have also painted numbers and thresholds. permalink fedilink source parent
