I-Recreational Aviation Foundation ixhasa ngezimali isiteshi sezulu esikude esisebenza ngamandla elanga esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Salt Valley Springs Airport endaweni eqhelile yase-Salt Valley of Death Valley National Park, eyaziwa ngokuthi iChicken Belt.
Isikhulu sezokuxhumana saseCalifornia Air Force u-Katerina Barilova ukhathazekile ngesimo sezulu esizayo eTonopah, Nevada, 82 miles nautical miles from the gravel airport.
Ukuze anikeze abashayeli bezindiza ulwazi olunembile ukuze benze izinqumo ezinolwazi oluthe xaxa, u-Barilov uthole uxhaso oluyisisekelo lokufaka isiteshi somsakazo esikude esisebenza ngamandla elanga se-APRS e-Chicken Strip.
"Lesi siteshi sezulu sokuhlola sizodlulisela idatha endaweni yamazolo, isivinini somoya kanye nesiqondiso, ingcindezi ye-barometric kanye nokushisa ngomsakazo we-VHF ku-intanethi ngesikhathi sangempela, ngaphandle kokuthembela kumakhalekhukhwini, ama-satellites noma uxhumano lwe-Wi-Fi," kusho u-Barilov.
U-Barilov uthe i-geology eyeqisayo yendawo, eneziqongo zamamitha angu-12,000 entshonalanga ephakeme ngamamitha angu-1,360 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle, idale isimo sezulu esibi esingadala isimo sezulu esibi. Ukushintsha kwezinga lokushisa okudlulele okubangelwa ukushisa kwansuku zonke kungabangela ukuvunguza komoya okungaphezu kwamafindo angu-25, kusho yena.
Ngemva kokuthola imvume evela kunsumpa wepaki uMike Reynolds, i-Barilov kanye nomkhulumeli we-California Air Force u-Rick Lach bazobamba ikamu phakathi nesonto lokuqala likaJuni. Ngosizo, izoqala ukufaka isiteshi sezulu.
Ngokunikezwa isikhathi sokuhlolwa nokunikezwa kwelayisensi, i-Barilov ilindele ukuthi uhlelo lusebenze ngokugcwele ekupheleni kuka-2024.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jun-07-2024