[jhb] Re: Mount Rule
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:55:47 +0100
The runway layout used to be a cross with the intersection about mid point
of both runways. I've got some air to ground shots here somewhere here that
I took when Hazlett was landing and the crops were only feet away from his
wingtips. One runway has a definite gradient on it with trees at the end so
I'd hate to try a take off on it. In truth the strip is tiny so I would not
fancy flying in there at all.
We (ATC) didn't like Hazlett because he was always bending the rules and we
considered him dangerous. His C337 used to be parked at Ronaldsway and
during a gale one night the aircraft was pushed back onto the tailplanes.
There was visible damage to the bottom sections with marked skin wrinkles on
the fin and rudders but this didn't stop him flying it out next day.
If he is flying charters out of Andreas this is totally illegal as Andreas
isn't a licensed airfield.
bones
bones@xxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 11 October 2009 15:24
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Mount Rule
I agree about the Lockyears' lengths. The fact that published lat and
long are sometimes way out is just as dangerous. There have been a
couple of Air Accident reports where the wrong distances are the major
factor. The CAA exhortation to pace it out first is great for
departures. What about arrivals?
My uncertainty about the Mount Rule runways is based on the context of
the plural. If only two, then only one leg of the cruciform is runway.
Even then it could be just from one end to the centre.
One is decidedly uphill / downhill, whereas the other arm passes
directly over the two large houses from where, I'm assuming, some of the
complaints originate.
There's obviously money in farming. I traced the farm to Tristar Farms
Ltd. A check on G-INFO showed he owns three a/c. A PA32, an Archer and a
C337. One of the latter can be seen, on GE, at Andreas. I also saw a
reference to Hezlett operating a charter setup from Andreas, presumably
with the twin, which I've seen overhead a couple of times, over the years.
Gerry Winskill
Fossil wrote:
> I doubt the owner has ever properly measured the strip so if you want
> measurements it would probably be better to take the bearings and
distances
> directly from GE.
>
> I did a random check of private strip lengths in GE and found many were
much
> shorter than the Lockyear figures - in truth all figures for private
strips
> have to be treated with great caution. None are measured with any accurate
> tools.
>
> bones
> bones@xxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Gerry Winskill
> Sent: 11 October 2009 08:53
> To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jhb] Re: Mount Rule
>
> I already have the location, having done a farm strip location, last
> year. It stands out very clearly in the Horizon scenery and even more so
> in the Earth version I'm currently testing.
>
> What I'm interested in, because of what I can see on the footprint, is
> runway length and any conditions applying, etc. In the Earth version the
> narrowness you mention is even more noticeable than before. In both
> versions there seems to be a sort of hiatus, at the point where what
> I've assumed to be the two runways cross.
>
> Apparently he's still having trouble with the neighbours. They stopped
> his planning application for a hangar but I don't suppose they can stop
> flying, under the 28 day rule.
>
> One thing that intrigues me, bearing in mind the strip's height and
> distance from the coast, is an item that's clearly visible in GE and the
> scenery. A boat is parked part way along what I assumed to be a taxiway!
>
> Gerry Winskill
>
> Fossil wrote:
>> Look at my UK Airfield Catalogue.
>>
>> If you grab the KML file you can see the location in Google Earth. The
>> runways are barely a wingspan wide.
>>
>> bones
>> bones@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
>> Of Gerry Winskill
>> Sent: 10 October 2009 22:12
>> To: JHB Restricted
>> Subject: [jhb] Mount Rule
>>
>> The Mount Rule farm strip, outside Douglas, isn't mentioned in my oldish
>> copy of Lockyears. A recent web trawl unearthed a blog that said it is
>> now mentioned. If anyone has a recent copy, I'd appreciate any info it
>> has on runways etc.
>>
>> Gerry Winskill
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
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