Now that jet ownership is so inexpensive...

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:50:54 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


Where in hell does this guy live? GA flying is almost non-existent over
95% of America.

I live in the 5%, here in Central CT.

At any given time on a nice day, I can see at least (3) single engine
aircraft in flight, and often one bizjet.

I live 15 miles from the nearest airport, but there are (5) paved and
one grass strip inside of 25 miles, and a total of (8) within 35.

My house is on the north end of a practice area used by many schools.
I can watch stalls and steep turns from my deck.

B A R R Y wrote:
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:50:54 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


Where in hell does this guy live? GA flying is almost non-existent
over 95% of America.

I live in the 5%, here in Central CT.

At any given time on a nice day, I can see at least (3) single engine
aircraft in flight, and often one bizjet.

I live 15 miles from the nearest airport, but there are (5) paved and
one grass strip inside of 25 miles, and a total of (8) within 35.

My house is on the north end of a practice area used by many schools.
I can watch stalls and steep turns from my deck.

I must live in that same 5% too - here in rural Oregon. According to Google
Earth, within 15 miles of where I live there a

3 private grass airstrips (OR57, 82OR, and 36OR),
2 public airports (77S and 61S), and ...
6 alleged bigfoot "sightings" (I accidently had "Geographic Web" - "Google
Earth Community" checked and it displayed sighting points. Thought it would
be amusing to list the count.)

And within 35 miles:

14 private grass airstrips(!) (too many too list),
4 public airports (77S, 61S, KEUG, and 5S0), and ...
too many alleged bigfoot sightings to list.

When we get a day of nice weather after a long spell of lousy weather (like
today) we almost always get someone doing aerobatics in our area (from out
of 77S).

Jim Logajan wrote:

I must live in that same 5% too - here in rural Oregon. According to Google
Earth, within 15 miles of where I live there a

3 private grass airstrips (OR57, 82OR, and 36OR),
2 public airports (77S and 61S), and ...
6 alleged bigfoot "sightings" (

*cackle*

One time we had a Hollywood film crew using our house for a photo shoot
(and episode of "Nowhere Man".) We own a tree farm in Corbett, so
leaving the door open lets field mice in. I put a sign on the door
telling them to leave it shut because we're in "Bigfoot Country."

Bruce Greenwood is from Canada so he liked the joke, but, some of those
L.A. people seemed really concerned. (And I'm sure a couple thought we
were bat**** crazy. That's fine.)

Right now I live in Gresham between PDX 28L and 28R and the Happy Valley
Arrival for TTD 07. Love it. The F-15s can be obnoxious in the summer
because they drop their gear and pitch up right as they're passing
overhead, and that'll rattle your fillings in the morning.

-c

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:01:39 +0000, B A R R Y wrote:

I live in the 5%, here in Central CT.

Lucky!

I live under a frequent departure route for TEB. If I was one of those
that got a kick out of IDing those, I'd be quite happy. But jets are
jets to me.

The occasional light GA plane passing by gets a lot more attention.

Well, at least my attention. I'm a little worried that my kids are still
enjoying the jet traffic. Sigh

- Andrew

On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:15:12 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Gideon
wrote:

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:01:39 +0000, B A R R Y wrote:

I live in the 5%, here in Central CT.

Lucky!

I live under a frequent departure route for TEB. If I was one of those
that got a kick out of IDing those, I'd be quite happy. But jets are
jets to me.

Watch for King Airs and Caravans! G