Thursday, 25 April 2013

Look both ways before crossing the runway

Jean airport is hilarious. In a totally good way. Think of CYTZ, where I normally fly from and then imagine the complete opposite. You’ve got Jean airport.

No commercial base, a few gliders, the odd tow plane, an occasional helicopter, some microlights.
No control tower, no Mandatory Frequency, no hassles!

I burst out laughing as we entered the perimeter, via the back road. Through a gate that looked like it hadn’t been closed in the best part of 20 years. We then proceeded to drive along the taxi way- pausing briefly at the hold short line to check for any errant aircraft on final before crossing the runway and its parallel neighbour.
While RTH was enjoying his trip up in the sky, I stood watching from a strip of gravel between the runways, no one batted an eyelid.

 

No comments:

Post a Comment