Erik Hofman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:The main Highway connecting Amsterdam with The Hague and Rotterdam runs underneath runway 09-27, _and_ two taxiways. What's even better is that there is also a bicycle path running parrallel to the motorway, going through what is locally known as the "schiphol tunnel". Just outside the tunnel is actually an awesome spot for plane spotting and this is one of my favorite bike routes (it's about 10k's from home). At least,this used to be the situation. I arrived back at Schiphol three weeks ago, and we were assigned a runway. that dion't even exist when I left for my American Adventure, two years ago, The new runway, 01-36 runs west of the existing 10L-19R, and is connected to the main terminal via several new taxiways, which in on their own, also cross a few secondary roads. This runway also runs parrallel to a another major highway, which looked pretty spectacular from the plane, while landing. I can't wait to get settled a little more again, and for the weather to clear, so that I can take my racing bike for a little tour around schiphol again.
Martin Spott wrote:
Hmmm, I'm shure there are several cases where roads go below the
runway. Amsterdam Schiphol is a popular example,
True, although I believe it's a taxiway and not a runway.
Once I've been riding below this way while a B747 cargo pilot decided for a go-around. _Before_ entering the tunnel we saw the plane approaching and we saw it leaving when we left the tunnel. Quite a noisy adventure .... O.k., maybe it's really a taxiway and the pilot approached to the wrong track :-)
Martin.
[OT] So, you may have guessed, after two years in North Carolina and three months of travel, I'm back home again. I decided to visit Australia following the end of my contract and drove from NC to Californai. From there, I flew from San Fransisco to Honolulu, then via Sydney to Auckland, then via Sydney to Canberra, again via Sydney to Alice Springs, to Darwin, to Singapore, to Hong Kong, to Delhi, via Muscat and Abu-Dhabi to Cairo, and finally from Cairo via London Heathrow to Amsterdam Schiphol.
Anyways, It's been a great time, but it's also great to be back. [/OT]
Cheers, Durk
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