JETPILOT From United States of America, joined May 1999, 3130 posts, RR: 32 Reply 2, posted (11 years 8 months 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1480 times:
CPDC10-30 From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2000, 4759 posts, RR: 27 Reply 4, posted (11 years 8 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 1359 times:
I know I have an ancient postcard somewhere which depicts a train stopped in front of the runway crossing with a DC-3 ready to takeoff. I'll see if I can dig it out and scan it for you.
SophieMaltese From United States of America, joined Feb 2001, 2064 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (11 years 8 months 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 1296 times:
Well, when I was in high school, a friend of mine INSISTED that at night you could drive on the runways at the New Orleans Lakefront airport. Luckily, I didn't trust his opinion, and we never did it. Of course, the guy at Gisborne was 39 years old, so I'm not sure what his excuse could possibly be. Inebriation?
B744 From New Zealand, joined Dec 1999, 491 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (11 years 8 months 10 hours ago) and read 1196 times:
'Inebriation'? - you have to wonder, huh? Here's an update, but they still haven't said why it was there.
By the way - great picture CPDC10-30.
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Police have named a man killed when the car he was in drove off the end of the runway at Gisborne airport early on Saturday.
Ross Kenneth Burgess, 38, of Levin, was a front seat passenger and appeared not to have been wearing a seatbelt when the car crashed about 2am, Gisborne police said.
The vehicle left the end of the runway, crashed through a fence and crossed a road bordering the airport before landing on its side and roof.
A 37-year-old woman was treated for moderate spine and shoulder injuries. A 37-year-old man and 26-year-old woman had moderate injuries.
Senior Sergeant Tony Gibson of Gisborne police told NZPA today an investigation into the crash was still being carried out and no charges had been laid.
Police have not yet been able to say why the car was on the runway.
An airport spokesman said no flights were disrupted because of the accident.
B744 From New Zealand, joined Dec 1999, 491 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (11 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1110 times:
The man killed when a car rolled at high speed at the end of the Gisborne airport runway early on Saturday morning has been named.
He was Ross Kenneth Burgess, 38, of Levin. Mr Burgess's wife and a 37-year-old Gisborne mechanic and his 26-year-old girlfriend were injured in the crash.
It is understood the four had been at a bar in Gisborne and gained access to the runway because the mechanic worked at the airport.
Police say excessive speed and alcohol may have been factors in the crash.
Detective Dean Story said police were examining the car and waiting for results of tests.
The car, a 1993 Commodore SS, overshot the runway and skidded nearly 200 metres before crashing through a fence, crossing Awapuni Rd and landing on its side and roof.
The airstrip is no stranger to night activity – people are known to drive there to shoot rabbits and hares or chase them in their cars.
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