Weston Airport

Tenger · 24-07-2013 7:35pm

MYOB wrote: »

....plus at least one local TD is a fantastic bandwagon jumper when required for this topic.

So unlike the rest of the Dail then?

:rolleyes:

andy_g · 24-07-2013 7:36pm

bombs away wrote: »

Times have changed, if there are jobs to be created and a boost to the local economy I doubt the politicians are going to be hugely inclined to side with a couple of angry residents.

And as for that one particular resident who was responsible for flying those kites, he/she should have been locked up for that stunt.

True and also he was brought to court from a pilot in a Cessna (not giving the reg away) hit them on landing.

Roblestone · 24-07-2013 8:13pm

Holy sh*t!! Some asshole actually flew a kite on finals? Were any charges brought against him? My flight bag would be going out the window if he tried that stunt with me! Risking lives because he decided to buy a house beside an airfield! Idiot!

I heard from a fairly reliable source that they are planning a basic light system and I really hope it's true. The new owner is keen to get more biz jet traffic but as most biz jets fly in for company meetings etc. they need to be able to get the biz jets out when meetings are finished which is impossible at any time after 1630 in the winter months without lighting... Meaning F all biz jet traffic outside the summer months.

andy_g · 24-07-2013 8:37pm

Roblestone wrote: »

Holy sh*t!! Some asshole actually flew a kite on finals? Were any charges brought against him? My flight bag would be going out the window if he tried that stunt with me! Risking lives because he decided to buy a house beside an airfield! Idiot!

I heard from a fairly reliable source that they are planning a basic light system and I really hope it's true. The new owner is keen to get more biz jet traffic but as most biz jets fly in for company meetings etc. they need to be able to get the biz jets out when meetings are finished which is impossible at any time after 1630 in the winter months without lighting... Meaning F all biz jet traffic outside the summer months.

Will oil drums filled with sand and diesel work for lighting? we are in a recession after all :P

Peregrine · 24-07-2013 9:02pm

andy_g wrote: »

Will oil drums filled with sand and diesel work for lighting? we are in a recession after all :P

Coupla lads with torches, it'll do

Be grand :pac:

Sterling Archer · 24-07-2013 9:08pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Coupla lads with torches, it'll do

Be grand :pac:

Torches? think of the batteries you'd have to buy, you only need one torch and a good few high vis jackets

andy_g · 24-07-2013 9:32pm

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

Coupla lads with torches, it'll do

Be grand :pac:

Good ole irish way of doing things

Bsal · 24-07-2013 9:33pm

Buy a couple of those solar lights for the garden and you'll be grand

andy_g · 24-07-2013 9:53pm

Bsal wrote: »

Buy a couple of those solar lights for the garden and you'll be grand

wouldnt see em from the air

Fully Established · 24-07-2013 10:18pm

bombs away wrote: »

Times have changed, if there are jobs to be created and a boost to the local economy I doubt the politicians are going to be hugely inclined to side with a couple of angry residents.

And as for that one particular resident who was responsible for flying those kites, he/she should have been locked up for that stunt.

One of the biggest objecters to Weston was a female TD representing the Celbridge area .

Davidth88 · 25-07-2013 8:15am

The objectors should think long and hard ...... if Weston wasn't there we would have had miles of faceless housing estates there now.

Interestingly , when speaking to local people , they truly believe the ' hype ' for example they are convinced that FR were going to make a base there , that all the development done was without PP etc.

When I try to tell them that FR moving into Weston is about as likely as me winning the EuroMillions two weeks running ( and I don't buy tkts ) they are totally unmovable.

bombs away · 25-07-2013 10:19am

Fully Established wrote: »

One of the biggest objecters to Weston was a female TD representing the Celbridge area .

I wonder what this TD's colleagues in the Dail will think when they find out she's objecting to the creation of numerous jobs in the area.

L1011 · 25-07-2013 11:23am

bombs away wrote: »

I wonder what this TD's colleagues in the Dail will think when they find out she's objecting to the creation of numerous jobs in the area.

She's an indepedent.

Xpro · 25-07-2013 11:36am

Sure when the new owner took over a few months ago, local TD and residents wanted a meeting with Donnelys to put their bull$hit forward, but i dont think the meeting ever happened.

Im all for Weston expansion, making it bigger and better. Residents chose to live there, way way after the airfield was built. So why moaning now??

LeftBase · 25-07-2013 12:24pm

For night ops that will attract business people you would need basic lights but also some sort of enhanced instrument landing system. A full blown ILS would be costly, not to mention the serious objections that would go in from the locals. The current VOR procedures are workable to a point but only really good for flustering and scaring the sh*te out of solo students in the circuit. They require you to be visual somewhere around 700-800 feet if memory serves, which may or may not happen a lot of days in the winter.

Putting in PAPIs would also cause an issue in my opinion. Weston currently has the run of the mill 3 degree glideslope for the instrument approaches and the PAPIs would no doubt be on this...if you put PAPIs in people will fly the PAPIs(even VFR) and that will bring them a lot lower than the 500 feet on the QNH over Weston Park given that it is about 0.5nm from the touchdown zone at Weston......NIMBYs advance!

Joe 90 · 25-07-2013 12:26pm

bombs away wrote: »

Times have changed, if there are jobs to be created and a boost to the local economy I doubt the politicians are going to be hugely inclined to side with a couple of angry residents.

And as for that one particular resident who was responsible for flying those kites, he/she should have been locked up for that stunt.

I would suspect that it's not just the economy of local area but Dublin in general which needs Weston. Dublin Airport does not want GA so anyone who might want to do business in Dublin and use non airline air transport need Weston.

bombs away · 25-07-2013 1:52pm

LeftBase wrote: »

if you put PAPIs in people will fly the PAPIs(even VFR) and that will bring them a lot lower than the 500 feet on the QNH over Weston Park given that it is about 0.5nm from the touchdown zone at Weston......NIMBYs advance!

Centralising the runway would probably help with this instead of the current configuration it has.

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Jimmy444 · 26-07-2013 9:44pm

MYOB wrote: »

She's an indepedent.

Did you mean: Impediment

Now that would make sense!

LeftBase · 26-07-2013 10:11pm

Jimmy444 wrote: »

Did you mean: Impediment

Now that would make sense!

I tip my hat to you sir!

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FWVT · 11-08-2013 7:07pm

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I saw that there today. What's the radome under the nose? That's not the one that does the surveying here is it?

Kenny2012 · 12-08-2013 11:24pm

Hi FWVT sorry I don't know.

EchoIndia · 13-08-2013 5:38pm

FWVT wrote: »

I saw that there today. What's the radome under the nose? That's not the one that does the surveying here is it?

It is a trials aircraft. http://www.2excelaviation.com/Scimitar.aspx

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