Sunday, March 23, 2008
Del Rio, TX: Comment from a fellow traveler on the trip
A friend of mine sent me this comment at 7:19p tonight.
Just read your report, thanks for letting me know you were in DRT, I love reading stuff about small airports!
The DRT mystery aircraft are a Beech 18 and a Beech King Air.
Bummer about that long delay, but you made the most of it! Cool that you walked into town- I would have done the same thing! I can't believe they didn't comp drinks on the flight to IAH! Love the comment about "non-tarmac Del Rio air!"
That's not the VOR (but thanks for thinking of me!)- it's a localizer antenna, for RW13, that provides lateral guidance to get to the end of the runway.
It's on the opposite end as the approach- meaning if you're landing RW13 (towards town), the antenna is on the other end (the RW31 approach end- the southeast end) of the runway, which you walked by on the way into town.
The nearest VOR is DLH (Laughlin) at the USAF base.
Just read your report, thanks for letting me know you were in DRT, I love reading stuff about small airports!
The DRT mystery aircraft are a Beech 18 and a Beech King Air.
Bummer about that long delay, but you made the most of it! Cool that you walked into town- I would have done the same thing! I can't believe they didn't comp drinks on the flight to IAH! Love the comment about "non-tarmac Del Rio air!"
That's not the VOR (but thanks for thinking of me!)- it's a localizer antenna, for RW13, that provides lateral guidance to get to the end of the runway.
It's on the opposite end as the approach- meaning if you're landing RW13 (towards town), the antenna is on the other end (the RW31 approach end- the southeast end) of the runway, which you walked by on the way into town.
The nearest VOR is DLH (Laughlin) at the USAF base.
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