Alternative Rwy Lighting / " Thats not a flare; THIS is a Flare"

[archerdriver]

I love Australia;



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/04/w...t-paper.html&eventName=Watching-article-click

 

[Pilawt]

Even here, the regs used to require carrying flares for night operations carrying passengers for hire. My K35 Bonanza had this in the Owners Manual:

 

[Zeldman]

In Alaska, we don't waste a precious commodity like toilette paper. Instead we burn either moose poo or seal oil to light the landing strip.

Actually, I have landed with the landing strip lit up with 4 wheeler head lights.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

170,000 miles a year; that's a goodly amount. Even in Aussie miles.

 

[mscard88]

In Alaska, we don't waste a precious commodity like toilette paper. Instead we burn either moose poo or seal oil to light the landing strip.

Actually, I have landed with the landing strip lit up with 4 wheeler head lights.

Just follow the smell eh?

Sorta like Augusta GA landing south you fly over the sewage plant, and landing to the north it's the paper mill. I think the paper mill is the worse smell.