Where CAN you land your plane??

"Gary" wrote in
:

The guy complaining about the next door airport got me thinking more
about a question that's been rolling around in my head for some time.

I'm not a pilot (yet), don't own a plane, or even any significant
land,
but
I've kind of wondered..... If I owned enough land somewhere "could" I
just land my plane on an appropriate surface? or would it have to be
a registered airport? Would it matter if it was an Ultralight, or an
"N" registered plane??

What are the rules (federal) that govern this? or is it a state by
state thing (I'm in Texas if it really matters).

I know I here of planes in Alaska that land on a local road, pull up
to
the
rural gas station to fill up, and take off again (or is that an Urban
Legend?)


In Texas, you supposedly need Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept permission
to land a seaplane on a lake. At a couple of remote airports, I've
taxied off airport property down to a nearby gas station for fuel,
having no idea if it was legal.



That's another question I had running around in my head for several
years... Didn't want to ask both at once... thanks for adding that.

--
ET


"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams