Narrowing it down... Comanche?

Next weekend is African Americans in Aviation weekend, so if I pull the
same tough duty I did last year I'll spend the day escorting a few
Tuskeegee Airmen around and making sure they are in the right place at the
right time. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it :-).

Cool! Can't be too many of those guys left, so take good care of them.

SNF would be great, but some of us have to WORK.

I know the feeling, although our problem is more child-induced than
work-related. I wish Iowa City's Spring Break would line up with SNF!

It HAS been an awful winter for flying. This past weekend was the first
good one in a long while, and (incredibly -- I'm still pinching myself) we
had 4 days off. (See my post on St. Louis over in .piloting.) Hopefully
you'll get a good stretch of weather soon so that you can fly that architect
up (down?) to your land...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
Next weekend is African Americans in Aviation weekend, so if I pull the
same tough duty I did last year I'll spend the day escorting a few
Tuskeegee Airmen around and making sure they are in the right place at the
right time. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it :-).


Cool! Can't be too many of those guys left, so take good care of them.


SNF would be great, but some of us have to WORK.


I know the feeling, although our problem is more child-induced than
work-related. I wish Iowa City's Spring Break would line up with SNF!

It HAS been an awful winter for flying. This past weekend was the first
good one in a long while, and (incredibly -- I'm still pinching myself) we
had 4 days off. (See my post on St. Louis over in .piloting.) Hopefully
you'll get a good stretch of weather soon so that you can fly that architect
up (down?) to your land...
Down, my theory is every 20 years or so you should move a few hundred
miles south. This area of NC is 5 degrees warmer than DC in the winter
and only 1 degree warmer in the summer. Perfect!

Down, my theory is every 20 years or so you should move a few hundred
miles south. This area of NC is 5 degrees warmer than DC in the winter
and only 1 degree warmer in the summer. Perfect!

Makes the commute a real bitch, though...

Unless you're like Mary, and can still telecommute to her old hospital job
in Wisconsin...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Margy wrote:
Down, my theory is every 20 years or so you should move a few hundred
miles south. This area of NC is 5 degrees warmer than DC in the winter
and only 1 degree warmer in the summer. Perfect!

Well, 1 the 1 degree may be accurate according to some faulty
intelligence but even if it's 5 degrees warmer, it feels better in NC.
Welcome to our current home state!

Long Island looks great. I've operated quite a bit out of Lake Norman
Airport a little down the lake. Great Lake! You'll love life on it.

We moved down from CT and built a Deck house and hangar about 8 years
ago at Lake Ridge Aeropark over in Durham. We love it.

Enjoy!!

("Maule Driver" wrote)
We moved down from CT and built a Deck house and hangar about 8 years ago
at Lake Ridge Aeropark over in Durham. We love it.


What is a Deck house?


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
("Maule Driver" wrote)

We moved down from CT and built a Deck house and hangar about 8 years
ago at Lake Ridge Aeropark over in Durham. We love it.



What is a Deck house?


Montblack

If it's what I think it is it would be a really cool, modern, prefab
type. http://www.deckhouse.com/home.asp

Our covenants restrict pre-fab type stuff, but we have an architect
working from some plans I came up with for a FLW inspired dream house
and hangar.

Margy

Montblack wrote:
("Maule Driver" wrote)

We moved down from CT and built a Deck house and hangar about 8 years
ago at Lake Ridge Aeropark over in Durham. We love it.



What is a Deck house?


Montblack

Hmm, might only be the dwell houses that are more prefab. I've looked
at the dwell before, but not the deck.

Margy

Margy wrote:
Montblack wrote:
("Maule Driver" wrote)

We moved down from CT and built a Deck house and hangar about 8 years
ago at Lake Ridge Aeropark over in Durham. We love it.



What is a Deck house?


Montblack

Hmm, might only be the dwell houses that are more prefab. I've looked
at the dwell before, but not the deck.

The prototype dwell house was built near me. It was open for a tour a
year or so ago, total mob scene, all the Chapel Hill hipsters came, and
the house wasn't even finished after over a year of work (and it's
modular!) and, well, its industrial style wasn't for me.

The house was supposedly designed to make good design affordable to
more people -- but the designers got too caught up in the hype, and
they recently put it on the market for $650,000. (they took the price
off the webpage, but you can find it easily by googling)
http://wieler.com/wielerhouse/

Deck houses are great, the model used to be near me in Cary, NC (now
it's a doctor's office).

Another type to consider if you're into that, is Lindal Cedar homes.
My house is based on a Lindal design.

Margy's link is it. It's now called Deck/Acorn homes or something as
the result of a merger a few years ago. It's far from what most would
consider a 'pre-fab home' though.

While you can select a design out of their portfolio, most are built to
custom plans. What they have is a 'look' achieved through the use of a
certain set of construction methods and materials. Now they have a
variety of looks thru mergers with other similar home builders.

Post and Beam construction, mahaghony framed windows, wood decked
ceilings (where the name comes from), cedar siding, etc give the homes a
certain general look but they are built for entirely custom floorplans
and elevations. I call ours "60s contemporary".

Though they look like anything other than pre-fab, they in fact are.
They make a kit for your plans, posts, beams, trusses, stud walls, etc.
The house kit is trucked from MA to your site and built by your local
builder. It's a kit that's assembled like an RV - 51% rule more than
fully adhered. Helps to have a Deck experienced builder.

You should have seen the faces on the community board when they saw what
it was after word got out that we were erecting a 'manufactured home' or
'double wide'.

We love ours and couldn't be happier. Hangar is an entirely separate
metal building.

Margy or anyone interested in stopping by and taking a look, let me know
privately.

Bill

Margy wrote:
Montblack wrote:
("Maule Driver" wrote)
We moved down from CT and built a Deck house and hangar about 8 years
ago at Lake Ridge Aeropark over in Durham. We love it.
What is a Deck house?
Hmm, might only be the dwell houses that are more prefab. I've looked
at the dwell before, but not the deck.
Margy