Shortest/Narrowest Rwy

rdy4immediate · Post by **rdy4immediate** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:47 pm

Ok what’s the shortest and narrowest rwy you have ever been in.

I'll start and expect that it's really nothing

1500 X 20 Gravel ... Pelee Island Rwy 18/36

wha happen · Post by **wha happen** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:27 pm

200' long and 5000' wide. Oh wait, wrong way.

Driving Rain · Post by **Driving Rain** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:33 pm

wha happen wrote:200' long and 5000' wide. Oh wait, wrong way.

I did that in Turbo Beaver once. It was powered by a -27 was on straight wheels with only 1/2 a centre tank of fuel. I don't think I used the full 200 feet.

wha happen · Post by **wha happen** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:35 pm

nice work, ive heard of crazies like you but have never had the pleasure of meeting them. Heres hoping

rdy4immediate · Post by **rdy4immediate** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:38 pm

Come on Wha Happen .. you have not done the Pelee gravel yet .... you pussy. Say hey to everyone there for me

Flying Low · Post by **Flying Low** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:00 pm

Gravel logging road...more than enough length for a Supercub but only about 10' wide with ditches on each side. Makes you hold the centreline real well!!!

DA900 · Post by **DA900** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:48 pm

I remember flying into and out of Bremner. It was a small wet grass strip on the east side of Edmonton. It sure seemed small don't remember the stats but in a 150 with a instructor (Mark Barlow-Morningstar Captain now) there was not alot of room. That was 15 years ago don't know if its even still there.

Over the Horn · Post by **Over the Horn** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:01 pm

1 Toba Inlet B.C., 800x12 with 50ft trees at the one end water on all other sides, hell of alot of fun

2 Arizona in the YT. up hill 1200 ft 3000ft elev. oneway in and out, departure you fly off the side of the hill. most of the bush strips I've been to in the YT. are alot of fun

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:02 pm

I think that is how it is spelled.....

Wide spot in a logging road at the north end of Harrison Lake in the lower mainland.

Not terrably short but the dog leg approach over the barn and past the trees can add some fun.

A few weeks after I was there our CFI blew a cylander on take off in a Warrior. Was damn good piloting to get it back on the ground in one peace!

cockpit_cowboy · Post by **cockpit_cowboy** » Tue May 03, 2005 10:58 pm

I believe it's Tipella your talking about.

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Wed May 04, 2005 11:45 am

Yes it is. I was not aware that the subject did not show up so well.

Tipella it is. Fun goat trail that.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:34 pm

The shortest and narrowest landing strip that I have operated on and off of was eight feet by eight feet, it was a landing pad on tracks so I could winch my helicopter into the hangar every night.

Cat

hazatude · Post by **hazatude** » Wed May 04, 2005 3:42 pm

Cat-o-copter?

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Wed May 04, 2005 5:15 pm

Hows this for Narrow?

Every pilot learns to perform short-field landings. Indeed, we take pride in demonstrating the skill with which we extract maximum performance from our aircraft.

But a ‘narrow field’ landing? Who ever heard of that? And in a Boeing 747? There’s something you don’t see every day.

Yet that was the task facing the flight crew of this South African Airways 747-200 when they delivered it to the SAA Museum at Rand Airport in South Africa.

The runway at Rand is only 50 feet wide, and the 747 has an outer-to-outer main gear tire width of 41.33 ft. That gave the pilot just four feet of room on either side! Combine this with a Vref landing speed of 115 knots, a comparatively short runway distance of 4898 feet, and you have the making of an e-ticket ride.

costermonger · Post by **costermonger** » Wed May 04, 2005 6:39 pm

^ holy crap.

ZLIN 142C · Post by **ZLIN 142C** » Wed May 04, 2005 7:43 pm

Saw those pics on another thread awhile back. Pretty impressive. CAJ7's (Cayley, AB) runway is 4500' long but only 50' wide. Those guys could have landed there. . . with a 747. Nice.

Personally, 20'X1500' grass. Nothing too impressive I know, but fun anyway.

shitdisturber · Post by **shitdisturber** » Tue May 10, 2005 12:33 pm

Landed on a taxiway once for fun; location withheld to protect the guilty, ie me.

sprucemonkey · Post by **sprucemonkey** » Tue May 10, 2005 9:58 pm

How big is the ramp in gillam?

water wings · Post by **water wings** » Thu May 12, 2005 1:18 pm

750 long, 25 wide grass
sounds impressive until i confess it was in a Champ on a windy day.
only used 1/2 of it.