• ryo@lemmy.eco.br
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      unicom

      First thing I thought of reading on this tiny screen: 🦄

      We need a community for keming.

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        No, you read it right, UNICOM

        Or UNIversal COMmunications

        Also known as CTAF, or

        Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.

        Basically the frequency you use when you’re in uncontrolled airspace.

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      A private (meaning, non-public) field like this one probably uses the multicom frequency, but yes. Self-announce on the CTAF. Irks me a bit there aren’t runway numbers.

        • ℛ𝒶𝓋ℯ𝓃@pawb.social
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          Gives you a rough magnetic heading so you can line up easier and keep your pattern straight. Also to tell others which way you’re going to keep from crashing head-on (a north/south strip might be 36/18, for example, so ppl know which way you’re going).

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          A runway with two ends. And you’d probably be surprised how easy it is to choose one end when you mean another.

          Also to identify it from the air as a runway. It’s paved and they painted a centerline; I would have also painted numbers and thresholds.