Ran across this neat site and have been looking at all the abandoned airports in Kansas, I read the article about each particular airport and its history and then google map the location. Pretty cool and looks like they have most of the states
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/
Neat find. Apparently, Richmond, Virginia was a hotbed of aerial activity so much that they broke the area into four quadrants to show all of the fields.
Quote from: flybynight on March 09, 2022, 07:03:56 PM
Ran across this neat site and have been looking at all the abandoned airports in Kansas, I read the article about each particular airport and its history and then google map the location. Pretty cool and looks like they have most of the states
http://www.airfields-freeman.com/
Neat. Could be useful if you find youerself in the hot seat of the next Gimli Glider (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider) ...
A directory of open public and private airports put out by AOPA.
https://www.aopa.org/destinations/?_ga=1.213473757.837019927.1454350867
It also has private use airports. That said anything is a runway if you are having engine trouble in a single engine aircraft.
Quote from: Raptor on April 18, 2022, 01:56:29 PMA directory of open public and private airports put out by AOPA.
https://www.aopa.org/destinations/?_ga=1.213473757.837019927.1454350867
It also has private use airports. That said anything is a runway if you are having engine trouble in a single engine aircraft.
Except a forest. Thats just a fatal crash scene
Quote from: flybynight on April 18, 2022, 02:29:23 PMQuote from: Raptor on April 18, 2022, 01:56:29 PMA directory of open public and private airports put out by AOPA.
https://www.aopa.org/destinations/?_ga=1.213473757.837019927.1454350867
It also has private use airports. That said anything is a runway if you are having engine trouble in a single engine aircraft.
Except a forest. Thats just a fatal crash scene
It is still a runway ... albeit a fouled one.
Anything can be used once as a landing runway.
The corollary to that is that "All planes are seaplanes and can land in the water ... once."
Not all landings even on a proper run way result in all the passengers safely de-planning.
... And then there are days when some people get lucky. (BTW this was an old ww-2 grass runway)
https://www.nola.com/archive/article_ac4ba1c6-893a-5e9f-b2c1-90efc449b126.html