On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 12:04:15 -0500, Margy wrote:

wrote:
...I am
interested in purchasing some land out in the country and would like to
be sure I can eventually fly a Cub or Super cub into "my backyard".
Anyone know how many acres are needed for a decent grass landing strip?
Please no answers like "2 acres can be attempted/CIA bush style" . I
want safety in mind! I have some options to get maybe around 25 acres,
but not sure if that's enough.

I guess it depends on how good a pilot are you?

If you're good you could get a Cub into a small strip, 50x500', which
is just over 1/2 acre... but it's pretty tight. Twice as wide and
twice as long is much more realistic, so I'd think 2-3 acres is a LOT
more realistic... but that's just the strip alone, not much room for a
house, if you could even buy such a narrow strip of land, and you've
got to consider what's around it, tall trees or whatever. A square
1000' on a side is about 23 acres.

-Dana
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