<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 21, 2019, at 8:12 AM, Graeme Fitzpatrick <<a href="mailto:graemefitz1@gmail.com" class="">graemefitz1@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Wow, John - you've got crowded air! :-)</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Yes, taking flight training out of Gillespie (in east San Diego), you basically head southeast to avoid all the airspace restrictions around San Diego - but after that it is pretty easy. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I saw a mid-air collision between two Cesenas out the window of my home, as there is near-constant air traffic of all types, sizes, and altitudes around my home southwest of Gillespie.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20060215X00204&ntsbno=LAX06FA106B&akey=2" class="">https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20060215X00204&ntsbno=LAX06FA106B&akey=2</a> </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The airspace is so regulated because of a mid-air collision in 1978 between a small plane and 727.</div><div class=""><a href="http://www.sdpolicemuseum.com/PSA-Flight-182.html" class="">http://www.sdpolicemuseum.com/PSA-Flight-182.html</a> There haven’t been any other airliner collisions since. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">I have passed basic flight school and took some training flights 20 years ago, I haven’t been back in the cockpit since.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> It is interesting to have some of my old flight knowledge be useful when mapping airports and their navigation aids now in OSM. </div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here in Japan, there are no general-purpose airports in my region and very little private traffic - I see mostly gliders and military helicopters when out cycling (and airliners at cruise). </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">These are the airstrips round me:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/385305602" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/385305602</a></div><div class="">winch-launched gliders (a parked winch truck pulls them airborne with a high-speed winch, like a catapult)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/555967424" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/555967424</a></div><div class="">tow-launched gliders. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">skydiving airstrip. the plane and skydivers use the same field. The only amenity is the nearby trees for picnicking under. </div><div class=""><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/539768744" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/539768744</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">compare:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">a military rough helipad</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/550770469" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/550770469</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">our only regional air travel option, the Gunma Heliport</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/304172626" class="">https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/304172626</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Javbw</div></body></html>