David-aviator
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Well, here it is, the finished product.
We officially opened the runway last Friday, 23 days after the project began.
On Saturday no less than 5 different airplanes had a go at the new operation off of asphalt, including a first flight by Bob Talir in his new Flightstar.
Everyone is pleased with end result, even the die hard grass pilots. We went to great effort to redo the grass area and although it will take the better part of a year to get it operational, it is much improved in terms of grade and area. Much dirt was moved here and there to get it right, especially drainage. Our most pressing challenge is to get grass growing before erosion sets in. To that end, we are considering an immediate planting of wheat to get things started.
The hard surface is very smooth from one end to the other, something that did not exist before. The grade is such, you can coast your bike to the west without pedaling, but the return is not much work, one hardly notices it.
Perhaps the most noticeable change other than performance is no more dirty wheel pants and fewer dead bugs on the airframe after a flight.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
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We officially opened the runway last Friday, 23 days after the project began.
On Saturday no less than 5 different airplanes had a go at the new operation off of asphalt, including a first flight by Bob Talir in his new Flightstar.
Everyone is pleased with end result, even the die hard grass pilots. We went to great effort to redo the grass area and although it will take the better part of a year to get it operational, it is much improved in terms of grade and area. Much dirt was moved here and there to get it right, especially drainage. Our most pressing challenge is to get grass growing before erosion sets in. To that end, we are considering an immediate planting of wheat to get things started.
The hard surface is very smooth from one end to the other, something that did not exist before. The grade is such, you can coast your bike to the west without pedaling, but the return is not much work, one hardly notices it.
Perhaps the most noticeable change other than performance is no more dirty wheel pants and fewer dead bugs on the airframe after a flight.
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