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Airparks; Living On The Beaten Path?
WJRFlyBoy wrote in
: 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 |
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Airparks; Living On The Beaten Path?
"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message ... On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:35:47 GMT, Vaughn Simon wrote: I missed making my point. It was the nearness of the houses (aircraft irregardless). Sorry. On a regular basis, I have cars zipping by not two carlengths from my bedroom, some of them faster than a landing Aircoupe. Not only that, I live at the dangerous end of a "T" intersection. If one car ran that stop sign... Anyhow, been 20 years now in this same house and no trouble. Vaughn |
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"Vaughn Simon" wrote Not only that, I live at the dangerous end of a "T" intersection. If one car ran that stop sign... Anyhow, been 20 years now in this same house and no trouble. Year 21 may be the year your luck runs out. I knew a guy that lived at the end of a sharp 90 degree turn, and someone fell asleep at the wheel, and the car ended up parked in his bedroom, pushing the bed up against the wall, with the ceiling collapsed on top of him. It took a long time to get him out, but all he ended up with was some scrapes and bruises. He was lucky that he had a sturdy bed, with a tall headboard. That fact held up part of the ceiling, and kept from crushing his head and chest. You might want to consider getting the authorities to put up a guardrail, or a very large stone to protect the house. Food for thought? -- Jim in NC |
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On Mar 10, 6:05*pm, WJRFlyBoy wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008 22:31:16 -0700 (PDT), wrote: If that bothers you don't think of landing at some of our back country strips out here in the west. *You would have a heart attack at most of them trying to thread the needle of trees, cliffs, creeks, stumps, critters, etc....... Ben www.haaspowerair.com N801BH It's a little different when you miss a landing a kill a few pines v.s. the neighbor's kids. -- Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either! The trick is to not "miss a landing"... Can you say,, Go Around ?????????? |
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Airparks; Living On The Beaten Path?
"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
... "WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message ... On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:35:47 GMT, Vaughn Simon wrote: I missed making my point. It was the nearness of the houses (aircraft irregardless). Sorry. On a regular basis, I have cars zipping by not two carlengths from my bedroom, some of them faster than a landing Aircoupe. Not only that, I live at the dangerous end of a "T" intersection. If one car ran that stop sign... Anyhow, been 20 years now in this same house and no trouble. I used to live near the end of Greenfield Rd. at 14 Mile Rd. in Birmingham MI. In the Google maps "street view": http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=greenfield+rd.+and+14+mi le+rd.+Birmingham+MI&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.875284,80.332031&ie=UTF8&ll=42.5 35437,-83.204527&spn=0.007004,0.02665&z=16&layer=c&cbll=4 2.53192,-83.20441&cbp=1,0,,0,5you can see the BIG rock that the guy who lived across from the end ofGreenfield set in his front yard after the _second_ time that a car ended upin his bedroom...I'd rather live next to a runway myself...--GeoffThe Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Comremove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mailWhen immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message ... 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 |
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WJRFlyBoy wrote: On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:05:59 -0500, Orval Fairbairn wrote: I DO live on a residential airpark (We have about 600 planes) and it is GREAT! The most noise comes from the yard maintenance people. Today we had our annual Wings and Wheels event, with many formation flybys, including 2 P-51 Mustangs, 3 SX-300s and many others. See: eaa288.org http://www.sprucecreekowners.com/ http://www.scpoa.com/ http://fly-in.com/ Very nice, this is a different airpark animal. Homes aren't sitting on the runway, nice tarmac, what's with the lake on approach? THe lake is part of the stormwater management system and is also a water hazard along the golf course. We have around 3000 people living at Spruce Creek; homes are 1/3 taxiway access, 1/3 golf, 1/3 nature preserve. Most taxiways are for airplanes only -- only 2 are combined taxiway/street use. We have our own water/sewer system, so there are no well/septic tank issues to deal with. Runway is 4800x150, paved, lighted, with GPS approach. EAA 288 mets here, in one of the guys' hangar -- we regularly get 75-100 attendees. We ahve something more than 30 RV's of various flavors (mostly RV-8s) on the field. When my wife and I were looking for a place to live, I bought the books on airparks and easily separated out the places where we DIDN'T want to live: 1.Those out in the boondocks where you have to drive an hour to get a loaf of bread or a can of paint. 2. Those too small to defend themselves when the neighboring Philistines start campaigning against the airpark. 3. Anything on wells/septic tanks. 4. Any where the residents don't OWN the runway. 5. No runway lights or who prohibit night operations (Lakeway comes to mind). 6. Those with poor approaches. 7. Those with too many other restrictions (Ocean Reef comes to mind). 8. Too far from the beach. (Arizona is mostly beach, but the water is a bit far away.) -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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WJRFlyBoy wrote:
On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:05:59 -0500, Orval Fairbairn wrote: I DO live on a residential airpark (We have about 600 planes) and it is GREAT! The most noise comes from the yard maintenance people. Today we had our annual Wings and Wheels event, with many formation flybys, including 2 P-51 Mustangs, 3 SX-300s and many others. See: eaa288.org http://www.sprucecreekowners.com/ http://www.scpoa.com/ http://fly-in.com/ Very nice, this is a different airpark animal. Homes aren't sitting on the runway, nice tarmac, what's with the lake on approach? On the road, cars come at you at 100 mph - with the intent of missing by 2 or 3 feet. |
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Any incidents?
On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:09:09 -0400, Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , WJRFlyBoy wrote: On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:05:59 -0500, Orval Fairbairn wrote: I DO live on a residential airpark (We have about 600 planes) and it is GREAT! The most noise comes from the yard maintenance people. Today we had our annual Wings and Wheels event, with many formation flybys, including 2 P-51 Mustangs, 3 SX-300s and many others. See: eaa288.org http://www.sprucecreekowners.com/ http://www.scpoa.com/ http://fly-in.com/ Very nice, this is a different airpark animal. Homes aren't sitting on the runway, nice tarmac, what's with the lake on approach? THe lake is part of the stormwater management system and is also a water hazard along the golf course. We have around 3000 people living at Spruce Creek; homes are 1/3 taxiway access, 1/3 golf, 1/3 nature preserve. Most taxiways are for airplanes only -- only 2 are combined taxiway/street use. We have our own water/sewer system, so there are no well/septic tank issues to deal with. Runway is 4800x150, paved, lighted, with GPS approach. EAA 288 mets here, in one of the guys' hangar -- we regularly get 75-100 attendees. We ahve something more than 30 RV's of various flavors (mostly RV-8s) on the field. When my wife and I were looking for a place to live, I bought the books on airparks and easily separated out the places where we DIDN'T want to live: 1.Those out in the boondocks where you have to drive an hour to get a loaf of bread or a can of paint. 2. Those too small to defend themselves when the neighboring Philistines start campaigning against the airpark. 3. Anything on wells/septic tanks. 4. Any where the residents don't OWN the runway. 5. No runway lights or who prohibit night operations (Lakeway comes to mind). 6. Those with poor approaches. 7. Those with too many other restrictions (Ocean Reef comes to mind). 8. Too far from the beach. (Arizona is mostly beach, but the water is a bit far away.) -- Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either! |
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Airparks; Living On The Beaten Path?
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. -- Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either! |
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