United_fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Posted (6 years 9 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1278 times:
I went down to the airport today to get a shot of the DL MD88 that comes in around 17:00 and the runway was closed ! I tried to find a descent spot to get 28 arrivals but the sun was all wrong. Figures,first descent day in a while to get pics.
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Usnseallt82 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 4891 posts, RR: 54 Reply 1, posted (6 years 9 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1271 times:
Quoting United_fan (Thread starter): I went down to the airport today to get a shot of the DL MD88 that comes in around 17:00 and the runway was closed !
United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 2, posted (6 years 9 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1261 times:
Thanks,but I wasn't expecting them to close it. It's been many years since they did. I'm glad that it will be open Friday when VP Cheney comes in with AF2.Hoping for sun!
[Edited 2006-09-18 00:40:15]
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Baw2198 From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 637 posts, RR: 4 Reply 3, posted (6 years 9 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1247 times:
should reopen early tommorrow morning. GRIA is having to redo the pavement between the runway and taxiway A2 do to deteriorated concrete ( they just did this like 4 years ago and the pavement is shot). 4/22 will be closed again on the mid shifts at some point in october for finish work.
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United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 4, posted (6 years 9 months 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1235 times:
Anyone remember when they paved 4/22 and DL cancelled all thier ATL flights for 2 weeks because they didn't want thier 727's landing on r/w 10/28 ?
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RocANDtpa From United States of America, joined May 2006, 93 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 years 9 months 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1169 times:
Can largerer aircraft (717, 733, 734, A320, MD88) land on a 5500 ft. runway safely
At Midway the Sothwest plane didn't land safely on a 7000 ft. plus runway.
DCA-ROCguy From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 4402 posts, RR: 37 Reply 7, posted (6 years 9 months 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1139 times:
Anyone remember when they paved 4/22 and DL cancelled all thier ATL flights for 2 weeks because they didn't want thier 727's landing on r/w 10/28 ?
Yes, I remember that. Other carriers flew mainline a/c in and out of ROC just fine.
10/28 is open again? Did they finally plow down the mound of dirt around the tunnel construction? When I was home in August they had a big lighted X up on 28, and a massive dirt pile in the flight path.
In the summer of 1984, the county closed 4/22 to repave it. I think they closed one of the ends first and kept 6,000' of it open, but the whole runway was closed for awhile. I wrote a letter to the D & C arguing that they should pave at night, as had been done at DCA not long before, and keep the runway open all day.
United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 8, posted (6 years 9 months 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1060 times:
Well,AF2 is coming on Friday. Hoping for some sun and a r/w 4 arrival. We'll see what happens!
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John From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 1367 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (6 years 9 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 1017 times:
Quoting RocANDtpa (Reply 5): At Midway the Southwest plane didn't land safely on a 7000 ft. plus runway.
There isn't a 7,000 foot runway to be found at MDW...The longest is 13C/31C at 6522 feet, but it has displaced thresholds at either end, leaving only about 5800 feet for landing and rollout.
United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 10, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 963 times:
AF2 came today,and it was only a plain,white 737 with winglets . It used to be painted in the beautiful blue/white sceme,but no more. I was hoping for the 757.
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United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (6 years 9 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 948 times:
Too bad,I really wanted to get a pic of a 757 in ROC. I got this one just before I got yelled at by the MCSD ! Ha ha ! I already got my pics and was trying to cross the street when he came along . They didn't even close off traffic on the road like they did when GW came in March.
[Edited 2006-09-23 03:38:12]
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United_Fan From United States of America, joined Nov 2000, 7176 posts, RR: 8 Reply 13, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 847 times:
here ya go jim,finally got the weather to cooperate.
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DCA-ROCguy From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 4402 posts, RR: 37 Reply 14, posted (6 years 8 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 808 times:
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