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Shortest airfield Ive been to so far.

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Shortest airfield Ive been to so far.

It wasnt planned so plane wasnt that light 2 people on board and half fuel.
Biggles 850ft grass strip.
3 ft fence on one end, and 10ft apple trees on the other.
Fun one :)

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Re: Shortest airfield Ive been to so far.

Nice work!!
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Re: Shortest airfield Ive been to so far.

Was there no one to say hi to?
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Re: Shortest airfield Ive been to so far.

There was no one.
They are very friendly and inviting to their strip though.


https://www.facebook.com/Biggles-Field- ... 9/?fref=nf

Its the right approach, they trust pilot in command to have the judgment to decide if he wants to go or not.
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Re: Shortest airfield Ive been to so far.

Sweet!
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Nice power/pitch, apparent rate, angle of attack indicator, or whatever you're using approach. On the takeoff, I expect that 182 could wack that wing right through those apple trees. We need to get together on wings level rudder turns in low ground effect.
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Re: Shortest airfield Ive been to so far.

I LOVE Biggles.

Clay and Michelle are awesome as well. Too bad they weren't home.

Stop in at FA99 if you haven't already.
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FA99 looks nice.
Who do I need to ask permission to go there?
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motoadve wrote:FA99 looks nice.
Who do I need to ask permission to go there?


http://airnav.com/airport/FA99

Contact the airport manager, Kelly. If he has his "new" Kitfox running, I'm sure he'd love to show you around some of the local strips.
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