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[Andy_ROC]

I don't think it's out of the ordinary for weather stations to be located at airports.

It's actually pretty important

 

[Campgottagopee]

It's actually pretty important

 

[D.B. Cooper]

"Lake Placid’s airport will receive $488,106 for the installation of weather reporting equipment. Adirondack Regional Airport in Lake Clear will get $804,758 to acquire new snow removal equipment."

WTF are they installing? And WTF kind of plow are they buying?

 

[tirolski]

Exactly!

There aren’t too many fields around to put her down safely on a dead stick landing in The Adirondacks.
Flew in the Adirondacks a couple times in little single engine planes. It’s mostly all trees.
The one plane had a propeller on it’s roof. We landed and took back off on Lake Pleasant in Sparkle City.

 

[x10003q]

WTF are they installing? And WTF kind of plow are they buying?

Here is the Lake Placid spec:

Construction of Automated Weather Observing System Installation

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[gorgonzola]

aah many hungover days spent on the "beach" at lake clear. that is all

 

[Ripitz]

Black flies are vicious!

 

[Peter Minde]

Black flies are vicious!

The official New York State bird.

 

[tirolski]

The official New York State bird.

Bluebirds are. We hatched a couple boxes again so far this year.

Black flies are nasty in the Adirondacks. Don’t know if they’re bad in The Catskills. Don’t forget their big brother, the Deer Fly.
Not many black flies in The CNY.

 

[Peter Minde]

Bluebirds are. We hatched a couple boxes again so far this year.

Black flies are nasty in the Adirondacks. Don’t know if they’re bad in The Catskills. Don’t forget their big brother, the Deer Fly.
Not many black flies in The CNY.

We haver deer flies in NJ. Nasty buggers.