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I was going to put this in the ASRS thread but it probably deserves a separate topic. And no, I didn't mess up or have a problem.
So here's an interesting quandry....
In the photo, A depicts the hold short line for Runway 17 (022, Columbia). B depicts the point of normal takeoff. C depicts a CDF apron (white concrete feature) where they keep some fire bombers.
As you can see, the hold short line is a fair distance away from the departure end, at least if you wanted to use the whole length of the runway. It can potentially take a long enough time between crossing the line and takeoff such that the traffic situation could change, and you are unable to take off (e.g. that J3 Cub with no radio that you didn't see on downwind, is now on final.)
Let's say someone pops out of nowhere and you've crossed the hold short line. You aren't supposed to enter the CDF apron (there is the sign that says stay out) and you probably couldn't do it anyway because it's lined up with S2's and OV10's. What would you do?
(BTW there is no painted hold short line between the CDF apron and the taxiway/runway.)
So here's an interesting quandry....
In the photo, A depicts the hold short line for Runway 17 (022, Columbia). B depicts the point of normal takeoff. C depicts a CDF apron (white concrete feature) where they keep some fire bombers.
As you can see, the hold short line is a fair distance away from the departure end, at least if you wanted to use the whole length of the runway. It can potentially take a long enough time between crossing the line and takeoff such that the traffic situation could change, and you are unable to take off (e.g. that J3 Cub with no radio that you didn't see on downwind, is now on final.)
Let's say someone pops out of nowhere and you've crossed the hold short line. You aren't supposed to enter the CDF apron (there is the sign that says stay out) and you probably couldn't do it anyway because it's lined up with S2's and OV10's. What would you do?
(BTW there is no painted hold short line between the CDF apron and the taxiway/runway.)
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