Airparks; Living On The Beaten Path?

On Mar 9, 3:36*pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:
This got me thinking, a rudderless Ercoupe in a multi-directional wind
landing......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2NJFrvYls

Do you (I) really want a home that close to a GA landing strip? Yet I see
megabuck homes in my neck of the woods

Hell yah.

But I'd prefer one just for me and my friends out back of a house in
the country.

On Mar 9, 1:36 pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:


Am I missing something? Isn't this a bit off the safety charts?


Try Twin Oaks airport near San Antonio.
http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/airport/T94.html

It's not unsafe if you are careful.

wrote:
On Mar 9, 1:36 pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:


Am I missing something? Isn't this a bit off the safety charts?



Try Twin Oaks airport near San Antonio.
http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/airport/T94.html

It's not unsafe if you are careful.


I hear there are still plenty of lots for sale at Zuehl too.

Hey guy, where are you living now???



"cavelamb himself" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Mar 9, 1:36 pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:


Am I missing something? Isn't this a bit off the safety charts?



Try Twin Oaks airport near San Antonio.
http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/airport/T94.html

It's not unsafe if you are careful.


I hear there are still plenty of lots for sale at Zuehl too.

Don Lewis wrote:
Hey guy, where are you living now???



Dallas for the last couple of years.

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:57:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Try Twin Oaks airport near San Antonio.
http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/airport/T94.html

It's not unsafe if you are careful.

That's what they told Aryton Senna.
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WJRFlyBoy wrote in
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On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:57:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Try Twin Oaks airport near San Antonio.
http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/airport/T94.html

It's not unsafe if you are careful.

That's what they told Aryton Senna.

I think Ayrton Senna knew the score.


Bertie

"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 20:57:27 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

Try Twin Oaks airport near San Antonio.
http://www.fboweb.com/fb40/airport/T94.html

It's not unsafe if you are careful.

That's what they told Aryton Senna.

I can't help feel that you are totally paranoid of flying, and do not have
a good grip of the risks and risk management of flying.

From what I have read, you are not yet a pilot, but have it in your head
that you are going to be one, and have figured out the route you are going
to take to get there.

I don't think you have enough knowledge to accurately understand what
constitutes undue risk, or what is a reasonable risk, or even how to
approach learning about flying, and how to get into it. Yet you pronounce
some things, such as this airport as overly risky to live in, or to fly
into.

It appears as though the hangars and houses are close to, or over 150 feet
from the edge of the runway, but you feel they are too close.

There are many, many airports that have structures or natural obstacles much
closer than this one. Yet, airplanes land and takeoff from these places for
many years with no incidents. Occasionally there are problems, but that is
why you buy insurance. You might even have to decide to give the airplane
to the insurance company someday, if a particularly crappy incident happens
to you - if you take up being a pilot. Planes and houses don't grow on
trees, but they are much easier to replace than people.

I suppose you could say you are at a higher risk if you live within two
miles of any airport. Is it a reasonable risk? I think so.

Are the houses in the airpark in an overly risky location? No, I don't
think so. Are they at a higher risk? Probably, but most would say they are
at a reasonable risk level.

Flying will put you at a higher risk than many other activities in your
life. The rewards outweigh the risks, to the people that stay in it. You
can choose to live your life safe and boring, or live your life rich and
full of reward, and not be afraid of the somewhat higher risks. I know what
I choose, as do most of the flying folks in this group.

Try to keep a more open mind. Try to not come across as knowing everything
on the subjects being discussed, and learn from the knowledgeable people
here. You will need to learn which posters to ignore, of course, too, but I
think you know that.

Just try not to jump to conclusions quite so quickly. I think you will get
more, and better responses, and that you will learn more, too.
--
Jim in NC

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:20:58 -0400, Morgans wrote:

There are many, many airports that have structures or natural obstacles much
closer than this one. Yet, airplanes land and takeoff from these places for
many years with no incidents. Occasionally there are problems, but that is
why you buy insurance.

Airparks; Living On The Beaten Path? is the Subject, note the ?

You might even have to decide to give the airplane
to the insurance company someday, if a particularly crappy incident happens
to you - if you take up being a pilot. Planes and houses don't grow on
trees, but they are much easier to replace than people.

I suppose you could say you are at a higher risk if you live within two
miles of any airport. Is it a reasonable risk? I think so.

Two miles and 20 meters is entirely 2 different discussions.

Are the houses in the airpark in an overly risky location? No, I don't
think so. Are they at a higher risk? Probably, but most would say they are
at a reasonable risk level.

So what you are telling me is that it is a reasonable risk to live next to
a landing strip/field in relation for what convenience?

Flying will put you at a higher risk than many other activities in your
life. The rewards outweigh the risks, to the people that stay in it. You
can choose to live your life safe and boring, or live your life rich and
full of reward, and not be afraid of the somewhat higher risks. I know what
I choose, as do most of the flying folks in this group.

If you believe that life is rewarding based upon the level of risk you
take, I feel very sorry for you.

This comes from a risk taker of the penultimate degree.
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Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either!

If you are looking for perfect safety, you will do well to sit on a
fence and watch the birds; but if you really wish to learn, you must
mount a machine and become acquainted with its tricks by actual trial.

— Wilbur Wright, from an address to the Western Society of Engineers in
Chicago, 18 September 1901.




In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are
usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks.

— Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father, September 1900.




I learned that danger is relative, and the inexperience can be a
magnifying glass.

— Charles A. Lindbergh




Or? Is it this one that grabs you?

Beware, dear son of my heart, lest in thy new-found power thou seekest
even the gates of Olympus . . . . These wings may bring thy freedom but
may also come thy death.

— Daedalus to Icarus, after teaching his son to use his new wings of wax
and feathers.