nz_kiwi Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Hi guys, As you can tell by the heading when I go to tau airport I end on a hill surrounded by trees. I checked this airport out and it appears that it was closed a while ago. Is there suppose to be a runway strip there in this flightsim version? regards Tom flightsim store: FSS0490172 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Harris Posted July 22, 2016 Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hi Tom, Tau Airport (HI36) was a 661x30m private airstrip made of compacted coral, dirt and grass, it existed up until the very early 1990s, it was a busy little airport in its day and being in a tricky location it had a number of accidents during its time, most notably: Quote 1979 - Twinotter - Heavy landing caused plane to slide and crash into the trees. all OK 1984 - Twinotter - Elevator control cable snapped on final, causing the nose to rise suddenly, pilot steered it in using throttle and flap control, but ultimately collided with the terminal building and a vehicle. 1 fatality 1989 - Twinotter - Descended fast on final approach. Application of full power couldn't prevent the aircraft from impacting the ground short of the runway. all OK Then sometime around 1993, the larger Fitiuta Airport (FAQ) was built on the other end of the island to replace it, Tau Airport was then closed and left to vanish back into the thick bush, that is how we modeled it. Due to the way FSX works we are unable to remove an airport completely, we can remove it visually, but it will remain in the 'Go-to' menu. Cheers Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nz_kiwi Posted July 22, 2016 Author Share Posted July 22, 2016 Hi Tim Good explanation. Thanks for clearing that up. I shall keep my 747 away from there in future :-) regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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