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27th July 2015, 01:31 PM
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Silver City Highway to double as airstrip for RFDS in NSW far west
Nice little feel good story.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-2...r-west/6638112 http://www.governmentnews.com.au/201...landing-strip/
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#2
27th July 2015, 01:56 PM
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Nice! Great photo of the airstrip/highway in the second link.
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#3
27th July 2015, 04:32 PM
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This happens quite often.
The white poles on the roadside are removable. The local cops, shutdown the road and marshal the aircraft via mobile radio. It was shown on several reality TV shows. If the local strip is closed to PC-12 the alternate site is a highway.
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28th July 2015, 11:41 AM
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In total I spent just under 7 years working for the RFDS. I always wanted to do a road landing, but 99 times out of 100 you could find a suitable strip nearby to use instead. I did come very close one day, but the patient had already been moved to a suitable strip.
They're handy, particuarly after rain, but in QLD at least, rarely used. Mick
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28th July 2015, 04:43 PM
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Can't the road to Changi airport in SIN also be used as an emergency runway. I was told that when I was over there years ago.
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28th July 2015, 05:47 PM
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I recall the same being the case in Singapore too - I think it requires the removal of the large concrete planter tubs though, hence, not an emergency but rather a fall back in case of damage to the main facility.
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#8
28th July 2015, 10:18 PM
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Quote:
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/pre...int.noimg.html Pic of an A4 trying it here: http://www.nas.gov.sg/archivesonline...5-0050568939ad
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30th July 2015, 08:56 PM
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I think parts of the Eyre Highway across the Nullabor are marked for use as a landing strip if required.
There are a few Highway/Freeway strips in Asia that can quickly be converted to a runway for military use - the Singapore one as mentioned, and some in South Korea and Taiwan. One of the Taiwan ones was the subject of a Discovery (or Nat Geo) documentary titled "Freeway Runway" (I think that was the name) when they did a rehearsal. Less likely to see use now of course as relations between Taiwan and China have thawed considerably.
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