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At 14:15 30 August 2019, wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 2:15:04 AM UTC-4, Paul T wrote: At 13:30 29 August 2019, wrote: =3D20 and Ridge Soaring has been on the 'for sale' market for how=20 long?=3D20 Seems to me you need to think of a plan to buy some of=20 these=3D20 properties up and establish non profit clubs at them -maybe a=20 'culture=3D20 change' is required in the US. Problem is real estate prices. In the old days you could buy a big=20 enough =3D piece of property for a small enough amount of money to run a=20 soaring opera=3D tion as a hobby business. Perhaps SSA should do more fundraising specifica=3D lly for purchasing airports? Or spend the money lobbying the=20 gov't to bu=3D y airports for our use(only half joking.) The Hanggliding/PG crowd=20 spends =3D a bunch of their resources securing real estate. They've also unfortunatel=3D y had to go into the insurance business themselves, which is a=20 terrible out=3D come, but I understand they didn't have much choice. =20 =20 Real estate prices are also high in Europe yet clubs still manage to=20 purchase airfields....... Don't you guys have zoning laws that say once an airport or cheese shop or = whatever the land use was it has to stay that way forever? Thus keeping pr= ices for old airfields reasonable? Not cheap, reasonable. Some American c= lubs do buy their own airports but there is a difference between a few hund= red thousand for a rural airport and a few million for the examples we have= here. Don't know where you heard that? In the Uk they are turning most old airfields and some active ones into housing or industrial estates -prime prices. One can always find excuses on ways not how to - maybe some of those mega rich flyboys you have in the USA like Tito could help out? I think Lasham was £1.5 million some years ago when it was purchased.? |
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At 14:15 30 August 2019, wrote:
On Friday, August 30, 2019 at 2:15:04 AM UTC-4, Paul T wrote: At 13:30 29 August 2019, wrote: =3D20 and Ridge Soaring has been on the 'for sale' market for how=20 long?=3D20 Seems to me you need to think of a plan to buy some of=20 these=3D20 properties up and establish non profit clubs at them -maybe a=20 'culture=3D20 change' is required in the US. Problem is real estate prices. In the old days you could buy a big=20 enough =3D piece of property for a small enough amount of money to run a=20 soaring opera=3D tion as a hobby business. Perhaps SSA should do more fundraising specifica=3D lly for purchasing airports? Or spend the money lobbying the=20 gov't to bu=3D y airports for our use(only half joking.) The Hanggliding/PG crowd=20 spends =3D a bunch of their resources securing real estate. They've also unfortunatel=3D y had to go into the insurance business themselves, which is a=20 terrible out=3D come, but I understand they didn't have much choice. =20 =20 Real estate prices are also high in Europe yet clubs still manage to=20 purchase airfields....... Don't you guys have zoning laws that say once an airport or cheese shop or = whatever the land use was it has to stay that way forever? Thus keeping pr= ices for old airfields reasonable? Not cheap, reasonable. Some American c= lubs do buy their own airports but there is a difference between a few hund= red thousand for a rural airport and a few million for the examples we have= here. Don't know where you heard that? In the Uk they are turning most old airfields and some active ones into housing or industrial estates -prime prices. One can always find excuses on ways not how to - maybe some of those mega rich flyboys you have in the USA like Tito could help out? I think Lasham was £1.5 million some years ago when it was purchased.? |
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On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:27:58 AM UTC-4, Burt Compton - Marfa Gliders, west Texas wrote:
Just saw this advert in Barnstormers.com The nicest gliderport in the USA in my opinion. The swimming pool makes it so. http://www.floridaairparkhomes.com/p...-for-sale.html Rich Owen: Please reply if anything about the advert is not true. I was at Seminole today... Everything is packed nicely in the hangar, chairs are in, and waiting for the big one that will never come! See you there when Florida dries out! Gary SQ |
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Geez there’s a bunch of bitter trolls in this thread, who seem to be happy to slag of someone who can’t respond, but I guess that’s the American way. Truth and justice abandoned since the tangerine Nazi was elected.
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On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 10:31:10 PM UTC-4, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Geez there’s a bunch of bitter trolls in this thread, who seem to be happy to slag of someone who can’t respond, but I guess that’s the American way. Truth and justice abandoned since the tangerine Nazi was elected. Go be a dope somewhere else. |
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On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 10:31:10 PM UTC-4, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Geez there’s a bunch of bitter trolls in this thread, who seem to be happy to slag of someone who can’t respond, but I guess that’s the American way. Truth and justice abandoned since the tangerine Nazi was elected. So, Trump did this? Who's the troll! |
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On Saturday, August 31, 2019 at 7:31:10 PM UTC-7, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Geez there’s a bunch of bitter trolls in this thread, who seem to be happy to slag of someone who can’t respond, but I guess that’s the American way. Truth and justice abandoned since the tangerine Nazi was elected. Maybe YOU will want to "donate" THREE MILLION to a criminal - be my guest! |
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But, but, but...Â* Will the hangar withstand the hurricane?Â* I truly hope so!
On 8/31/2019 6:28 PM, Gary Wayland wrote: On Tuesday, August 20, 2019 at 10:27:58 AM UTC-4, Burt Compton - Marfa Gliders, west Texas wrote: Just saw this advert in Barnstormers.com The nicest gliderport in the USA in my opinion. The swimming pool makes it so. http://www.floridaairparkhomes.com/p...-for-sale.html Rich Owen: Please reply if anything about the advert is not true. I was at Seminole today... Everything is packed nicely in the hangar, chairs are in, and waiting for the big one that will never come! See you there when Florida dries out! Gary SQ -- Dan, 5J |
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