Airstrip and AirBNB fly in possibilities. Note the house features on Grand Designs Australia. Episode 12 of season 7.
options to view
1. Free.... low quality YouTube version...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6nVVT6mVn8
2. iTunes Store 4 dollars
Grand Designs Australia, Series 7 by Grand Designs Australia
https://itunes.apple.com/au/tv-season/grand-designs-australia-series-7/id1304136406
3. Wait for it to spin around again on Foxtel. I’ve only seen it once. Can’t stand seeing myself on tv. It does however introduce French island fairly well.
Airstrip ruminations...........
Looks like 17-35 can be 500m long. This is uphill on say 3 degrees (guessing).
. I’m 90 hours into flying and can’t judge if this will work well based on USA experience. Started at towered airport Lincoln Nebraska with one of America’s longest widest runways built for nuclear bombers. 200ft wide x 11,000 ft. Moved to Wahoo which was paved and grass with nice CTAF radio replacing the 4 frequencies required at Lincoln. Clearance, ground, Lincoln tower then Omaha departure.
Looking at the BNB accomodation I was thinking on plane during LAX to MEL we could combine fly in with Air BNB.
I’ll ask some of the experienced Tyabb pilots/ instructors as I do PPL to Raaus conversion. Any comments here welcome. Questions I’m asking myself are flying in and flying out mostly downhill into the predominant winds. Would the 41 m width and say crowned grass runway of 15m width be okay? I could take the fence out to 50m for instance and center a gently crowned 20m airstrip. Location is based on dryness and generally flat although sloping nature of site.
