Country Airstrip Guide. What you think?

[NT5224]

Hi Team 

 

I have a question. Every year I get repeat billed by the ‘Country Airstrip Guide’ people for their  latest update. It isn’t cheap, (probably upwards of $50) and they don’t make it easy to unsubscribe. 
 

But as far as I can tell there are very few updates and differences year to year. So you keep paying  for the same document on repeat.

 

Furthermore, the ‘pilots touring guide’ that comes packaged in Ozrunways seems to contain virtually identical information and Ozrunways  itself provides the airstrip  diagrams.

 

Can anybody explain  to me what is the advantage of a subscription to the Country Airstrip guide? How does it compare with the pilot touring guide, and is it worth having both? Maybe there’s something I’m not getting…

 

Cheers 

 

Alan 

 

 

Edited 18 hours ago by NT5224

[facthunter]

My wife used things like Lonely planet to get detailed information when we used to go  to  Places off the beaten track..  Asking  HERE might be effective to a certain degree. That reminds Me where is Franco Arri?  Anyone know?  Nev

[skippydiesel]

One useful detail that is missing, from the OzRunways pilot touring guide, is the nearest available 98 RON ULP - other sites like Fuel Guide can be excessed for this , it would be nice if included in OzRunways.😈 .

[Garfly]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

My wife used things like Lonely planet to get detailed information when we used to go  to  Places off the beaten track..  Asking  HERE might be effective to a certain degree. That reminds Me where is Franco Arri?  Anyone know?  Nev

 

The last time I saw Franco was last May at Deeral.

 

[onetrack]

Well, a bloke wished Franco Happy Birthday on Farcebook, on 31st Dec last - and Frank replied, so he's still around!

 

Drifter Aircraft Appreciation Society | Happy birthday to this...

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Happy birthday to this amazing Drifter pilot Franco Arri

 

[spacesailor]

We miss his video posts. 

spacesailor

[NT5224]

2 hours ago, skippydiesel said:

One useful detail that is missing, from the OzRunways pilot touring guide, is the nearest available 98 RON ULP - other sites like Fuel Guide can be excessed for this , it would be nice if included in OzRunways.😈 .

Good point Skippy.
 

But as I don’t  use 98 unleaded in my Lycoming that’s of little interest to me…Will  be  more significant to those flying with Rotax or Jabiru motors…

 

Alan 

Edited 13 hours ago by NT5224

[Bernie]

10 hours ago, facthunter said:

My wife used things like Lonely planet to get detailed information when we used to go  to  Places off the beaten track..  Asking  HERE might be effective to a certain degree. That reminds Me where is Franco Arri?  Anyone know?  Nev

Franco is still alive and well Nev, I chat with him on FB, he's still flying.

[kgwilson]

There are many Lycoming engines that will run happily on Automotive Fuel including the O360 & IO360. The same applies to Continental engines. This means around 70% of the US fleet with these engines could be running on unleaded automotive fuel. The real problem is getting approvals. US Mogas is approved for many engines & while it is essentially the same as Automotive gasoline (petrol) the approvals don't apply to those.

 

Avgas is Paraffin based whereas 98 petrol is aromatic hydrocarbon based. Avgas supposedly has better vapour lock resistance at high altitude (above 10,000 feet) though not an issue in high wing aircraft with gravity feed or where fuel is pushed from a tank not pulled. A bloke I know with an O200 Continental changed to 98 & the engine runs better with virtually no deposits or plug fouling.

[skippydiesel]

10 hours ago, NT5224 said:

Good point Skippy.
 

But as I don’t  use 98 unleaded in my Lycoming that’s of little interest to me…Will  be  more significant to those flying with Rotax or Jabiru motors…

 

Alan 

Thanks  Alan,

 

To paraphrase; As I don't use AvGas in my Rotax it's of significant interest to me.

 

I would suggest that the number of ULP users is significant (& rising) and it's only the conservatism of the aviation community as a whole, that results in this sort of discrimination.

[Neil_S]

15 hours ago, NT5224 said:

Hi Team 

 

I have a question. Every year I get repeat billed by the ‘Country Airstrip Guide’ people for their  latest update. It isn’t cheap, (probably upwards of $50) and they don’t make it easy to unsubscribe. 
 

But as far as I can tell there are very few updates and differences year to year. So you keep paying  for the same document on repeat.

 

Furthermore, the ‘pilots touring guide’ that comes packaged in Ozrunways seems to contain virtually identical information and Ozrunways  itself provides the airstrip  diagrams.

 

Can anybody explain  to me what is the advantage of a subscription to the Country Airstrip guide? How does it compare with the pilot touring guide, and is it worth having both? Maybe there’s something I’m not getting…

 

Cheers 

 

Alan 

 

 

 

Hi Alan,

 

I agree there do not seem to be many changes year on year - personally, as I live in Melbourne and mostly fly within Victoria, I just buy the hard copy book for Victoria and Tasmania every few years. Not sure if that's the most cost effective, but I have done that the last few years.

BTW - if you log into their website (www.flightace.com) it lists all the airfields in the books by state, so you can check if a certain field is in there. 

 

Cheers,

Neil

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Neil_S

[Moneybox]

What is classed as a Country Airstrip anyway?

 

I thought I'd see if Cue is there No, Mount Magnet No, Meekatharra No, however some of the smaller station strips are listed.