Was going to ask about the arrow symbol prior to the hold short bars...
Posted by C-10101100-S@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 27 comments
But it seems there may be other things going on that could be much more interesting!
Standard-Reply-1788@reddit
VOR check
EyemMateo@reddit
My studying for instrument brain had to test myself before looking. Thank you!
austinredditaustin@reddit
Thank you.
I've read that these checkpoints allow pilots to perform a VOR receiver check, which is required before IFR flights.
Pilots tune their VOR receiver to the designated VOR station and check that the displayed radial matches the radial marked on the checkpoint.
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Rainebowraine123@reddit
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AfternoonPot@reddit
I know ORF when I see it!! F and E intersection!
Brokenarrow4242@reddit
KORF
StPauliBoi@reddit
Every time I look it gets more interesting.
mkosmo@reddit
The cars? notice the tracks. Odds are they didn't enter until the aircraft passed.
Mac-Daddy-63@reddit
Notice too, the shadow of the plane's propeller. The engine is not running. I think the plane is stationary on the runway. If that's the case, I wonder if something "came off" the plane. The pilot felt or noticed it and you have two airport vehicles out to inspect the runway for FOD.
mkosmo@reddit
Entirely possible. Good point.
Now that you mention it, it reminds me of a time where my airplane's wheel split in half (all the bolts let go simultaneously, somehow, and fell together -- still unexplained), causing the aircraft to veer and stop like that (fortunately on a taxiway).
ryancrazy1@reddit
And a person in the middle of the runway in front of the cars?
mkosmo@reddit
Doesn't take long to walk 50', especially if the a/c was slowly taxiing due to the vehicles off the side of the runway. If they jogged out, it's even quicker.
HappiestAnt122@reddit
It may also be that two different passes of the aircraft or satellite that took the images are stitched together right between those shots, they may not have coexisted on the runway.
na85@reddit
Traffic on your left one mile is a Silverado inside the bravo without a clearance
Sharp_Experience_104@reddit
…and they’re not talking to me.
C-10101100-S@reddit (OP)
You may be right. But I am going to continue imagining guns drawn and "Step out of the vehicle with your hands up!"
walterzingo@reddit
“Yes, Mr Staker. I’m just calling to report a missing swan… A swan. It’s a white one.”
Ascend_Didact_@reddit
Looks like a ground receiver checkpoint marking to me.
mianosm@reddit
For the lazy: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap2_section_3.html
(for even more precise: ctrl+f for "Ground Receiver Checkpoint Markings")
FlyByPC@reddit
If that's RWY23/5, it's pointing north.
No idea what the vehicles are up to.
SnazzyStooge@reddit
points to where magnetic north is that day; constantly gets repainted as the giant ball of iron floats around the North Atlantic.
C-10101100-S@reddit (OP)
Nerd. I like it.
cnollz@reddit
Looks like a VOR checkpoint. The sign on the right side of the hold position marking likely has the info for the VOR frequency and the DME distance if applicable.
HappiestAnt122@reddit
I believe that is a VOR receiver ground checkpoint marking. Also, the pickup trucks on the runway with a plane may just be the result of two different passes stitched together right between them, may be the case neither of those were on the runway at the same time.
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