Disused airfields - Queensland

[graham_h]

ok no worries
"on finals" what's that mean ?

[Professor Farnsworth]

Originally Posted by graham_h

ok no worries
"on finals" what's that mean ?

final is the aviation term for final approach, the last stage of the descending into landing process (other than flaring etc)

[graham_h]

Originally Posted by flappist

Maryborough Airport YMYB is hardly used except by bug smashers and the occasional blood bucket.

Good thing: It is 1700 x 30 and easy to get to
Bad thing: It is in the middle of Maryborough and owned by the FC Council who hold regular workshops in advanced "How to prevent anything happening anywhere ever especially if it might be fun".

Gayndah and Monto are used even less, might be worth a look.

Kingaroy & Gympie are full of gliders (pushbike riders of the air) so I suspect there would be a huge scream regardless of when you wanted to do it.

Toowoomba is too short and busy.

Stanthorpe is short, narrow and would be somewhat spectacular if there was an oops.
Maroochydore, Caloundra, Hervey Bay and Bundaberg are too busy.

The rest are either dirt, grass, full of jets or people with guns (or people with jets and guns).

Funny looking at this old thread....... I live at the end of the Stanthorpe airstrip !!

[EL97]

[2011G6E]

Insurance...and a shudder goes down my spine as the horrifying flashbacks begin to a simple bike display show we used to put on yearly in the motorcycle club I used to be the secretary of...

It's a frigging nightmare, full stop, even if you can find someone who wants to give it to you. "Get them to sign a waiver"...nope...not worth the paper they're written on. Someone gets injured and takes you to court, and you give the judge a waiver they signed in triplicate with a spot of blood to seal the deal, and he'll go "That's interesting", and screw it up and throw it away. They're more a thing to try and psychologically make people think they've given up thier rights to a safe environment to do whatever they're doing...doesn't work like that. You can't sign those rights away.

If you can find a strip, see the council first (and be prepared to be laughed at), and on the off chance they do say yes, then ring some of the big insurers...all of them if you can...as well as specialist insurers who deal with potentially dangerous stuff. As odd as it seems, see the local pony or horse riding club and see who does thier insurance...they were amongst the hardest hit when the insurance problem became really big, and will know what's what.


Of course the government could change it all with the stroke of a beaurocratic pen by making those waivers you sign legally binding and irreversible...

[superfly]

Originally Posted by Professor Farnsworth

I'm referring to the fact that most people think that because they're in a rental they believe they won't receive speeding fines, or fines of any type. From working in the rental industry for several years i came across this hundreds of times.

It works if you rent a car overseas

[graham_h]

I had three to choose from back in Lincolnshire.....used to spend the whole day there

[Kingsley]

Originally Posted by mrfordfairmont

you could all ways try amberley raf base and there is a captive audance and they will give you a race with a jet

I was a 'captive audience' at that RAAF base Christmas Eve/Christmas Day 1988. Let me just say I didn't think it was possible to get a VH Commodore wagon to go that fast..........or that airbourne!!!!

[SteveJH]

Originally Posted by BluFGXR6

I was a 'captive audience' at that RAAF base Christmas Eve/Christmas Day 1988. Let me just say I didn't think it was possible to get a VH Commodore wagon to go that fast..........or that airbourne!!!!

Do tell.

[Jim Goose]

Many many years ago (1989) at a joint user facility (RAAF airport, but also used by civilian aircraft) a work college had a XY GT (he was a civvy pilot) and he managed to get permission to go for a spin along the runway one quiet evening.... managed to get to 150mph by which time the runway was nearly gone and almost cooked the brakes.

[data_mine]

I did the Temora1000 last year. 0-1000m on Temora airstrip.

The strip is only 1400m long. And low grip. It's more slipprey than any road I've been on - even wet.

Don't expect to run good times/speeds on an airstrip. They're not made for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-gPKCKl-GA
Over 1000m I'm only trapping a few km/h faster than on a drag strip over only 400m. So much wasted wheel spin. Even leaving the line with next to no throttle resulted in wheel spin.

[z80]

Originally Posted by 2011G6E

..Waivers etc...and a shudder goes down my spine as the horrifying flashbacks begin to a simple bike display show we used to put on yearly in the motorcycle club I used to be the secretary of...
..
Of course the government could change it all with the stroke of a beaurocratic pen by making those waivers you sign legally binding and irreversible...

You probably know this already 2011G6E..

The waivers are legally useless for a good reason, if someone is injured the cost is always borne by the taxpayer and the health care system..

A lifetime of wheelchair support can get expensive..

No judge wants that burden on the aussie taxpayer.