We (Canberra) had an occasion some years ago where we were aerotowing a glider from our site at Bunyan to Temora (I think it was) and really strong headwinds en route necessitated the tow be abandoned and the combination divert to Canberra airport. I wasn't involved personally so others can probably relate the tale better than me, but it did raise a few eyebrows in the control tower and IIRC included initial requests like the combination to land while still attached and taxi clear of the runway! In the end it all worked out OK, but I couldn't imagine it ever being normal practice.
Apart from which, now the airport is "privatised", I hate to think what our landing fees would be!!! I think Southern Cross have had a few interesting experiences negotiating fees with the "private" owners of Camden Airport. Fortunately we are in the excellent situation of owning our own bit of ground. Allan Armistead ph (02) 6249 6470, fax (02) 6249 6555, mobile 0413 013 911 PO Box 908, Dickson ACT 2602, Australia "When once you have tasted flight, you will always walk with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you always will be." Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kittel, Stephen W (ETSA) Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2006 8:03 To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: RE: [Aus-soaring] Gliding at major airports Yes, it is possible to do it differently. When I visited the Akafleig Braunschweig I found that their workshop and hangar are in one corner (albeit out of the way) of the Braunschweig airport. The Akafleig aerotow, and I think, winch off the aerodrome, but not off the runways. The stuff that boggled me though, was that Braunschweig is the capital of Lower Saxony, a state of between 1 and 2 million people, so very comparable to, say, Adelaide. The airport has a control tower on top of a big two storey terminal building (including restaurant). The offices of the German airministry (LBA) and also their equivalent of our ATSB are on the edge of the aerodrome. I don't know what the actual movement numbers were but I was told they did include big jets. Very comparable to the smaller Australian capital city airports. Regards SWK >-----Original Message----- >From: Leigh Bunting > >Imagine doing this at Tullamarine or one of the other major >airports in Australia. The regulators and security people >would have a right royal hissy-fit. But it happens elsewhere - >but that's in the northern hemisphere. Things like this and >high-tow just don't work in the southern hemisphere, do they ........ > >Below is part of a communication with a German glider pilot, I've been >having: > >"We fly at the internatiol Airport Münster-Osnabrück (FMO) >because we were there first, and a part of this is oure own >ground. In the time the Airport was build (growing from the >airfield of the "Luftfahrtvereinigung Greven") they made an >agreement that if there whould be to many jet traffic the >airportmanagement has to find and to give us a new airfield >for oure own, ready and licensed for sports flying. > >They didn´t find one......." > >-- >Leigh Bunting > > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
