What Kind of Airport Is This??

[User546]

http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1831993&size=l

Can anyone tell me what kind of airport this is, and what the name of it is. The only information the photo gives is that it's in Conneticut somewhere. Never seen anything like this before!

Anyone, anyone??

 

[VNugget]

Kinda reminds me of Edwards AFB...

 

[Big Duke Six]

C'mon guys. It's obviously a Saucerport. Now quit talking about it before someone sees us.

 

[atrdriver]

My guess would be a blimp base.

 

[Metro752]

I have to disagree. The planes that lay chemtrails have special S/VTOL capabilities so they can be more discrete.



EDIT: By the way, like the guy said above, it looks like some sort of helicopter thing, judging from all the helos on the ground..............

 

[Big Duke Six]

No no no ATR. A Blimp Base is more oblong.


This place is round. For Saucers I'm tellin ya, for Saucers!

 

[hawg2hawk]

It's the Sikorsky helipad (KJSD) in Stratford, CT.

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=18&X=1649&Y=11421&W=3

Here are a couple more airfields that won't look quite right to a fixed wing eye:

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=16&X=3095&Y=17347&W=3&qs=%7clowe+%7cal%7c

http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=10&Z=16&X=2968&Y=17349&W=3&qs=%7clowe+%7cal%7c

 

[Gulfstream 200]

That is Sikorsky.

Just North of Bridgeport (KBDR)

right off Merritt Parkway on the river.

 

[User546]

That is Sikorsky.

Just North of Bridgeport (KBDR)

right off Merritt Parkway on the river.

Thanks for everyone who figured this one out!

So someone explain this to me, why does a heliport have short "runways" as opposed to the helipads (which I do see one in the photo)??

The helos need a running start or something??

 

[A Squared]

it looks like some sort of helicopter thing, judging from all the helos on the ground..............

Yeah, I thought the big white helipad symbols were a giveaway too.

 

[atrdriver]

I'm not a helo driver, but I believe that some of the large ones can carry more payload with a rolling takeoff than they can by just lifting off.

 

[hawg2hawk]

Thanks for everyone who figured this one out!

So someone explain this to me, why does a heliport have short "runways" as opposed to the helipads (which I do see one in the photo)??

The helos need a running start or something??

Wheeled helicopters can do rolling takeoffs and landings when power required is close to power available, e.g. heavy, high DA, or single engine ops. It doesn't require much runway (if you do it right) but it requires more than a pad.

 

[spngbobsqrpilot]

I was going to guess it was an airport for teaching how to land taildraggers.

Sure would have helped me.