strictly speaking, this isn't a proper NOTAM - being improperly formatted - nonetheless i hope it will be useful to those of you planning to fly in to the Grouse Airstrip.
the Grouse Airstrip is open to the public from today. it affords you a base from which to explore the Snowland region of the original mainland continent of Sansara, such as Prospero Frobozz's (RL: Robert A Knop) Astronomy Gallery which is on the immediately adjoining parcel to the west of Grouse Airstrip.
the runway is 111 metres above sea-level (that is, 131 metres on the Second Life z-axis). it is 100 metres long, with overrun areas of 10 metres on either end. please note that there are no emergency nets to arrest your aircraft should you exceed the overrun area.
at either end of the runway, there is sufficient space for you to turn your aircraft around, and indeed to park it, should you wish to.
object auto-return is set to five minutes at the rezzing area near the northern end of the runway.
in addition, there is a helipad with emitter beacon and an airship mooring tower.
also on display are working replicas of the Mercury-Redstone 3 and the Wright Flyer.
happy landings!
APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH
approaching from the North is somewhat akin to the Runway 13 approach at Kai Tak Airport.
use the Linden-protected river which flows west from the lake at Zermatt till you reach Grouse, then bank sharply to line up with Runway 18.
do bear in mind that there is an elevator shaft (which is rezzed on an adjoining land parcel) just fifty-four metres before the runway threshold.
APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH
approaching from the South is more straightforward, although there is less Linden-protected airspace.
the runway threshold is twenty-two metres away from the sim boundary between Grouse and Kendall.
Additional reading (wikipedia entries):
- NOTAM
- runway
[update 1: the Airstrip was closed on 27 December 2008]
[update 2: please feel free to visit the Lily Airstrip, which was opened to the public on 31 December 2008]
[update 3: 10 December 2009; Anton Airstrip affords direct access to the Linden snowland]
