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/c/fuckcars : "use some other form of transportation!"
Also /c/fuckcars: "No! Not like that!"
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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Must be lovely to hear your neighbor fire up their Cessna at 7 in the morning for their morning commute.
I've lived under a flight path, ~9km/6miles from the airport - while I understand the difference between a 787 and a Cessna 172, I've got no earthly idea why anyone would choose to have a runway in their front yard.
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Little known fact. Airplanes still use leaded fuel. I’ll bet that the blood levels for all of these families are elevated. Not a great place to raise a kid.
Clarification: Only piston aircraft require leaded fuel. Which is unfortunately a pretty big part of the general aviation market, but similarly sized turboprops do also exist (though are more expensive) and it doesn't apply to modern commercial aviation at all.
Further clarification: Only gasoline powered aircraft without the Auto Fuel STC require leaded fuel.
Although, there is an initiative underway to fully phase out leaded avgas. G100UL is the FAA approved formulation. Exciting time and long overdue.
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Yep, and the FAA is taking it's sweet time to approve a new unleaded fuel for general aviation that shows a lot of promise called G100UL. It's estimated it could take another 6-9 years. Otherwise it's currently only approved for specific planes and not available at most airports and aerodromes.
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This is like looking at a yet to be made Tom Scott video.
http://www.casadeaero.net/text/about.php
Many pilots do this as a means of reducing the costs associated with operating out of areas with high hangar and service costs. This is Northwest of Chicago near Rockford. The about page explains a lot of the obvious questions.
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This exists?! Oh my That's not just mildly, it's really interesting!
They are somewhat common-ish if you know where to look. I fly by one a lot!
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"honey, Joe's wife is sick, can you take care of control tower duty today?"
These little strips don't use a tower. Pilots communicate with each other on unicom.
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And they can't even afford an HOA to water the grass by the runway.
It grows on kerosene.
It has what plants need
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I want to see a train-based one of these
Everyone parks their personal train in their yard?
Yeah, or at least train cars, with a way to get it onto the network for vacations and such. (Vacationing in a personal train car sounds fun)
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I have a friend who lives in one of these neighborhoods but right in the middle of a city. Blows my mind that it was there the whole time and I just never noticed until I went to his house.
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