Shelter Cove, CA PIREP

On Mar 21, 5:28 pm, Bob Fry wrote:
Shelter Cove: I've been there a few times though not in the last year
or two.

No fuel. Often fogged in, especially the summer. Motel and
restaurant and grocery store right next to the field. Beach is kinda
rocky as I recall, or otherwise undesirable cause I never ventured
there. It's a great escape by aeroplane, an easy 1 or 2 hour flight
from NorCal, but a hellish 4-6 hour drive by car. There's a golf
course there, but I don't play golf so have never noticed much about
it.

The recent history of the area is greatly shaped by the airport. A
development company more than 35 years ago had great plans for
building the area and indeed did get some homes built around the
airport. But one day the company's executive and sales staff flew in
in a DC3...when they attempted to fly out, the damn-fool pilot had
failed to remove the external elevator gust lock and they smashed into
the shoreline rocks and water. Most died, putting the kibosh for a
long, long time on any further activity.

I've heard that with the recent (well--1999-2005 or so) real-estate
price increase in California that once again developers have taken an
interest.
--
We tend to scoff at the beliefs of the ancients. But we can't
scoff at them personally, to their faces, and this is what annoys
me.
- Jack Handey

The accident and loss of life are regrettable, and not humorous.

However, maybe you have something there. We could "arrange" an injury-
free crash of newsworthy proportions right at airports that have
encroachments and threatening developments. That'll put the kibosh on
the real estate investments, maybe?

Note to FAA, CIA, FBI, IRS, Secret Service, USPS, AA, AAA, AARP, and
my kid's colleges: I'm kidding.