I just heard about a Cherokee landing short at Shoreham ie before the displaced threshold and as a result of some sods law timing coming as close as ten feet from a train. This was in the last 3 months.
Have the operators of Shoreham ever considered traffic lights on the rail track? This has been done at Valley.
Or is this bit of poor airmanship very uncommon at Shoreham?
By: BlueRobin - 13th November 2006 at 18:28
Ah go on, you’ll post them won’t you, Ted? 😀
By: chrism20 - 12th November 2006 at 20:14
That is just a bit too close for comfort 🙂
By: low'n'slow - 12th November 2006 at 16:29
Even the “professionals” do it sometimes! :diablo:
By: BlueRobin - 11th November 2006 at 22:40
Your short final check should include looking out for a double-decker on the road before the threshold. If you are that low to hit a passing car, the runway is either not displaced enough or you will hit the hedge twixt road and runway.
By: eurostar builde - 11th November 2006 at 22:08
I nearly had a cherokee on my Van roof whilst driving down the past past denham.
It was sure close.
By: cessna152towser - 10th November 2006 at 14:12
Seems to happen in a few places. Landing a Cherokee on runway 23 at Durham Tees Valley airport last year, a train came along the railway line just short of the threshold at that precise moment and I thought it looked a bit too close for comfort.
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November 10, 2006 at 1:44 pm