Questions asked and not yet answered...

[TheGreenAnger]

From my ex-wife to me today...

And why are those little sheds at the end of airport runways always painted in red and white blocks?

Any ideas?

[4mastacker]

So Drivers (Airframes) can see them?

[Wodrick]

Usually containing ILS Transmitters, think it's just a convention

[Opsboi]

From my ex-wife to me today...

And why are those little sheds at the end of airport runways always painted in red and white blocks?

Any ideas?

Camouflage paint might cause carnage

[Boac]

Indeed - how am I supposed to fly an ILS if I cannot see the transmitter?

[G~Man]

Because "pink & baby blue" would just send the wrong message.....

[TheGreenAnger]

Because "pink & baby blue" would just send the wrong message.....

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

4mastacker is correct.

In North America, they are Orange and White, but the pattern/sizing is the same as the Red/White.

Note that if the object is less than 3.2m/10.5ft high, it will be a solid colour (i.e. Red, Orange, or sometimes White), not checkerboard.

Whilst most aircraft will not 'encounter' these objects, some common scenarios where the marking is useful include:
helicopters hover-taxiing
helicopters and V/STOL aircraft landing other than on runways
large aircraft manoeuvring where wingtips extend beyond the taxiway/runway edges
decision making in emergency situations, e.g. deciding whether to use emergency gear-retract after a runway excursion

..and, of course, airfield beat-ups (not that I'd know anything about that..oh, no. I deny everything. Those photos are fake. I have an alibi.)

Perfect example here - pilot just higher than the marked pole


Gospel According To St FAA, here.
See page 8
https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/med ... 460_1M.pdf

[tango15]

In some parts of the world, they do it with tall chimbleys as well.

[G~Man]

Clearly this one did not see the marked pole..... Not Guilty

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[4mastacker]

I bet there's room for a Buccaneer to fly under that!!

[Pontius Navigator]

Clearly this one did not see the marked pole..... Not Guilty

.Low Pass.jpg

Photoshopped, someone airbrushed the wheels

[Ex-Ascot]

A friend of my parents was very concerned about a fuel farm being built at the south side of MAN near to his house. He thought that all the aircraft going there to refuel would be very noisy. He was a lawyer!

Mrs Ex- Ascot has just commented that here at MUB you have to go to the fuel pumps to refuel.

[G~Man]

Clearly this one did not see the marked pole..... Not Guilty
.Low Pass.jpg

Photoshopped, someone airbrushed the wheels

Probably----I have no clue--it was on a face book page for ex kipper fleet types.....

[PHXPhlyer]

Clearly this one did not see the marked pole..... Not Guilty
.Low Pass.jpg

Photoshopped, someone airbrushed the wheels

Probably----I have no clue--it was on a face book page for ex kipper fleet types.....

If it was...give them credit.
It looks good.

PP

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

I wouldn't put it past them.
I remember a rescue way out in the Atlantic where a Nimrod dropped a dinghy to a shipwrecked sailor whilst it was still blowing a hoolie.
He made it into the dinghy and was picked up later.
"You'd have to drop it from 10 feet for it to land anywhere near him" said a QWI
"Yeah, it was about that" said the Nimrod Captain.

[Woody]

[G~Man]

I wouldn't put it past them.
I remember a rescue way out in the Atlantic where a Nimrod dropped a dinghy to a shipwrecked sailor whilst it was still blowing a hoolie.
He made it into the dinghy and was picked up later.
"You'd have to drop it from 10 feet for it to land anywhere near him" said a QWI
"Yeah, it was about that" said the Nimrod Captain.

Our lowest "authorized" altitude in peace time was 200', I spent many many hours, mid-Atlantic at 200. War time we were "allowed" to patrol at 100'.. I have flown lower....

[probes]

First, have we got an Agony Aunt?

Second, I've been watching "My Family" and I'm only on season 3, but yesterday I noticed I laugh like Zoe Wanamaker. Should I be worried?

[G-CPTN]

First, have we got an Agony Aunt?

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