"Fits Within the Template".......Pigs Arse!! Part 3
We are now well into June and there is still no answer on the approval of the Essendon Airport DFO Precinct from CASA. As you recall this involved narrowing of the air strip widths North/South and East/West.
Perhaps it is too far back and the facts too hard to dig up. Maybe a visit to the northern end of Essendon airport can refresh some memories.
In April 2006 the airstrip is mostly compliant with the exception of some shrubs and a small building. Note the position of the perimeter fence.
In November 2006 a new fence appears along the perimeter road. That's odd; why would you build a fence some 45m inside the airstrip? 45m is just a few metres shy of the wing span of a 767 by the way.
Ah there's the answer; we needed some extra buildings and a covered parking area for all the new cars that don't fit in the Car Yards at the Wirraway Road Precinct.
In 2015 another bloody fence appears, along with some earth works to boot. Can't be anything much you say?
Ah just as one would have anticipated; a public access road to the new Fox Hangar and to the next stage, Hart Precinct. Who would have thought that you could save so much land by putting the road on the air strip....brilliant, gives heaps more room for development!!! Installing a decorative concrete wall along the road is a great touch.... also gives a great place to pile up excavated material.....cheaper than trucking the stuff out!!
I must say I am looking forward to CASA's explanation on all of this.......someone must have approved it.......the Senators responses will be an added treat!
PB -Super Star. Brilliant - Gold key to the Tim Tam cupboard and thanks. "K".
We are now well into June and there is still no answer on the approval of the Essendon Airport DFO Precinct from CASA. As you recall this involved narrowing of the air strip widths North/South and East/West.
Perhaps it is too far back and the facts too hard to dig up. Maybe a visit to the northern end of Essendon airport can refresh some memories.
In April 2006 the airstrip is mostly compliant with the exception of some shrubs and a small building. Note the position of the perimeter fence.
In November 2006 a new fence appears along the perimeter road. That's odd; why would you build a fence some 45m inside the airstrip? 45m is just a few metres shy of the wing span of a 767 by the way.
Ah there's the answer; we needed some extra buildings and a covered parking area for all the new cars that don't fit in the Car Yards at the Wirraway Road Precinct.
In 2015 another bloody fence appears, along with some earth works to boot. Can't be anything much you say?
Ah just as one would have anticipated; a public access road to the new Fox Hangar and to the next stage, Hart Precinct. Who would have thought that you could save so much land by putting the road on the air strip....brilliant, gives heaps more room for development!!! Installing a decorative concrete wall along the road is a great touch.... also gives a great place to pile up excavated material.....cheaper than trucking the stuff out!!
I must say I am looking forward to CASA's explanation on all of this.......someone must have approved it.......the Senators responses will be an added treat!
PB -Super Star. Brilliant - Gold key to the Tim Tam cupboard and thanks. "K".