Look what I found on the Tokoroa airfield runway (NZTO)

Foreign Object Damage (FOD) poses a danger to aircraft and their passengers so responsible airport management usually involves checking runways for objects that could pose a risk. That's all I'm saying.
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[@jameswright5572]

Wow the driving school does not do a F.O.B. walk when they are done. That's very rude.

[@cup_and_cone]

Does the city own a street sweeper? Should be practice to have it on the runway after every event along with FOD walk, then factor the cost onto the city in the event permits.

[@1320fastback]

If it's anything like US street sweeper vehicles they will get a about half of what's on the surface.

[@_tyrannus]

I'd bet from my 6 months experience with NZ that this bit comes from a '90s vintage run down Mitsubishi Legnum with flat tyres and crumpled bumpers.

[@S0K0N0MI]

Ugh, forgot you guys got opposite seasons to us here in Europe. Weather has gone completely pants down here and youre out there enjoying spring coming in. Enjoy Bruce, seasons come and go all too soon!!

[@properlytwisted2172]

A few passes with a Street Sweeper would work great on the runway,if you all have them..Of course getting the "council" to agree may be harder than 1 person with a straw broom...lol

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

From now on, Bruce, I'm going to call you "Concorde" - because the Concorde also went down a runway picking up bits of junk.

[@aspectcarl]

FOD walk, used to do them alot in the Air Force 👍

[@stephaniekent8483]

love to take my Fraser 7 down that runway woohoo ...good on ya Bruce , I used to do runway checks at AKL int loved it :)

[@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen]

So... drones are evil and dangerous but it is fine for cars to drive up and down runways and leave crap all over the place that an puncture aircraft tyres? Am I missing something here?

[@musicalaviator]

No, You have something that government abhors; Common sense.

[@1320fastback]

Nope you got it

[@warp65]

Good effort Bruce, it's all fun and games till something decent gets missed , only have to think back to Concorde.👍

[@jamesyoungblood555]

Thanks for the tour of the airport. Have a blessed weekend. Shalom

[@nobodycares902]

Does New Zealand now require a spotter if your out flying a kite? Are Kites now classified as one these dangerous Drones? Will kites be banned there soon?

[@Graham_Langley]

Here in the southern UK we had 4.5C last night and a touch of ground frost this morning. Autumn is not far off and there's still loads of outside jobs to be done.

[@RADERFPV]

I honestly thought you found a couple doobies on the runway to smoke from what I saw in the thumbnail. Bummer, better luck next time :)

[@Jimbo-in-Thailand]

Bruce - Seems pretty smart to allow other non-aviation-related activities/events at your mostly idle Tokoroa airfield. Anything that can help keep NZTO from being closed by your 'wonderful' local city counsel of synapse-misfiring misfits is a plus. 😁

[@xjet]

Yes, I think there should be more non-aviation use of the facility. They really do need to *manage* the facility though -- at the moment it's left to run itself which results in all sorts of safety issues and an inability to reliably book it for an event. I booked the airfield THREE times last summer and on every occasion was unable to use the booking because the council stuffed something up. Just as well I wasn't trying to organise an international event eh? ;-)

[@Jimbo-in-Thailand]

@@xjet After following both of your channels for quite some time it's not surprising that the brain damaged members in your council "stuffed something up"...again. Oh well, some things are beyond our control. 🙄🙄🙄

[@neilo8b]

great clear video from the firefly

[@oneeyemonster3262]

it's a SPAR for the CUB :-P

[@tiagotiagot]

Do they got some sort of motorized sweeper to go over the runway before it's used for full-scale airplanes?

[@mukhdi80]

Hope can have a chance to fly here

[@Peasmouldia]

'Parently the Russians don't do FOD walks on their airfields like NATO, they just build their aircraft to shrug of the odd house brick on the runway, 'cause it's probably gonna get bombed. (which tends to make them untidy anyway).

[@aspectcarl]

Possibly bits caught in the engine undertray flung out under hard braking as you suggest 👍

[@scottfirman]

Your spring is on its way. Our colors are already changing. It's cold here today. Since we are farther North , we tend to see fall soon. It's always windy here. It drives me nuts. I try a bbq d fly on less windy days. My UMX and micro planes are grounded pretty much.

[@xjet]

Most years it doesn't really warm up here (in the Southern hemisphere) until after Christmas. There's a 50% chance we'll have the heaters on on Christmas day.

[@jo2lovid]

Not in Christchurch! Bbq Xmas lunch. Yummy.

[@xjet]

@Joanne Lowery Now that's just showing off! We're 1200 ft ASL here so if it's a cold day and there's thick cloud... it's *very* cold here, even in December.

[@maxair420]

👍🏽xjet👍🏽

[@SpeccyMan]

Surely if they are permitted to use the site they should also be required to clear up after themselves?

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

No observer???? That is a freedom loving flyers worst rule ever.

[@LWJCarroll]

Ahh a runway, true bliss!

[@bobboo1319]

its that .4 that gets in your bones...lol

[@geordienufc3132]

Could you not put some orange tape around the grass flying area before the car guys get on?

[@grahamrdyer6322]

Whoo, daffs in September your a lucky man living in such a bogus place ? Just get flying kid with the outlaw 250.

[@blancsteve4819]

How much is the reward for scanning that tarmac ? One thousand of your puny New Zealand bucks for a lethal item like the Concorde killer. or 25 for that plastic thing ? Who pays ?

[@demacherius1]

Its so sad that a private person has to do the safety work for the Airport.

[@RWBHere]

A bit narcissistic at the end, Bruce! The debris on the runway is sloppy and careless of the drivers. They need educating, because a puncture is potentially disastrous for any vehicle, but much more so for an aircraft, which moves in three dimensions, not two.

[@Rhoedision]

Hi xjet are we aloud too wacth your next meeting..and maybe getting into a Rc club..

[@SpeccyMan]

Perhaps you should master the language first. That is allowed.

[@Eatherbreather]

1. Build a drone out of number plate surrounds. 2. Drone now safe for interaction with aircraft. 3. ???? 4. Profit?

[@MartyLJ57]

The fly over the daffodils

[@BRIANFORWARD1]

Stones HA YOU SHOULD FLY IN MY FIELD 7FT STAGS THAT WEIGH AS MUCH AS A SMALL CAR .I feel a monty python coming on

[@paulojorge4522]

Abraço de Água Branca AL Brasil

[@highwaymen1237]

FOD, walk the deck.

[@skybugproductions7527]

That link is hilarious…

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

Time for some cones or pylons and tape off the grass landing pad - imagine the sqeuals of blamestorming if someone needed to use the grass for a wheels-up landing, and flipped in a rut made by a car!

[@FlyingBuzzard]

you guys do not have a vehicle with a brush to sweep that runway ?....

[@paulkazjack]

You're right in the middle of nomansland do you really need a spotter I mean who is going to grass you up?

[@scooterfpv8864]

Déjà vu. . . in a way.

[@_tyrannus]

Hi Bruce!

[@xjet]

Giday mate!

[@grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346]

Save The Runways, Stop FOD... LOL

[@3000gtwelder]

Can't fly because you don't have an observer lol? Then your "Observer" must have been hidden in some of your past videos haha!

[@xjet]

Yep, just because you don't see them doesn't mean they're not there :-)

[@3000gtwelder]

@@xjet I know haha! I'm just ribbing you. My dog is my spotter.

[@xjet]

@@3000gtwelder That's a relief, I thought you were going to report me to CAA for a moment (LOL). But hey, sometimes, when you do the risk assesment, you realise that a spotter is just one more person to hit when you lose control of your model :-)

[@3000gtwelder]

@@xjet Haha! so true! Especially the way I fly ;-)

[@gertnood]

Well, who's holding the camera?