Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:36 am
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The thread about the Troutbeck fatality has got me thinking, and I'd like to know more.
At risk of a dumb question, what is a strip, and more to the point, what's special about strip flying?
I have an illusion of comprehension - in my mind it's not a licensed airfield, probably owned by a farmer, quite possibly one or more of: short, narrow, uneven, sloping, difficult to find without Skydemon, with a surface quality and the possibility of obstructions on the strip or nearby that you'd be an idiot to make assumptions about.
And obviously, that you'd have to be a complete dick to turn up at without permission.
Equally obviously, any combination of the above features are likely to put someone without suitable skills and a suitable aircraft at considerably more risk than landing on 2km of tarmac, but is that, and suitable preparation what it all boils down to?
I'm interested because I'm a bit bored with the usual crop of airfields that I've been to loads of times before, and I'd like to ring the changes a bit.
It's not going to be practical to get access to another aeroplane, so wherever I go it's going to be in the AA5A, but I've been to places like Truro (ages ago), Branscombe (several times), Wadswick (very recently), Maypole before it closed, and other shortish fields like Bodmin and Clacton.
Any thoughts appreciated.
At risk of a dumb question, what is a strip, and more to the point, what's special about strip flying?
I have an illusion of comprehension - in my mind it's not a licensed airfield, probably owned by a farmer, quite possibly one or more of: short, narrow, uneven, sloping, difficult to find without Skydemon, with a surface quality and the possibility of obstructions on the strip or nearby that you'd be an idiot to make assumptions about.
And obviously, that you'd have to be a complete dick to turn up at without permission.
Equally obviously, any combination of the above features are likely to put someone without suitable skills and a suitable aircraft at considerably more risk than landing on 2km of tarmac, but is that, and suitable preparation what it all boils down to?
I'm interested because I'm a bit bored with the usual crop of airfields that I've been to loads of times before, and I'd like to ring the changes a bit.
It's not going to be practical to get access to another aeroplane, so wherever I go it's going to be in the AA5A, but I've been to places like Truro (ages ago), Branscombe (several times), Wadswick (very recently), Maypole before it closed, and other shortish fields like Bodmin and Clacton.
Any thoughts appreciated.