Bullying desguised (badly) as precaution

I'm in a bizarre double "but then" situation.

I've got room for a 1/2 mile grass strip, right in front of our house.
(This was a location requirement before building our house)

But then.... I would have to build a hanger... probably 40" x 50" with doors
on the back for garage stalls on each side of the tail.

But then ..... I would need another airplane, even though the Aztec would go
in and out of 1/2 mile grass, it really isn't a great idea with 8" prop
clearance and I wouldn't put that request before my other two partners.

As "bad" as this sounds, one of my partners already has this ideal situation
taken care of... he flys his C170 out of a grass strip right in front of his
house. Needless to say, he flys about 5 times as much as I do.

Jim


"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
My own strip that is my dream! Well just as soon as my rich Uncle gets
out of the poor house! Biggest thing here is finding enough land that
is
flat enough. If I were still in Eastern KY I could just buy a abandoned
strip mine....they make my pretty mountains into treelesss flat runways!
May
as well get some use out of the eyesores.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love
where
I live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our home,
it has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating nicely --
but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the street
who lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't be
hard to forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so
that
they must park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road
effectively
one-lane, especially in the winter when the plows can't get around
them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres or
so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Now Now Jim,
I am sure we all wish we had the problem of how big to build our hangar!
Remember , the bigger ..the more toys it holds!!!! Just think of all
the fun stuff you get to buy to put in it. New rollaways.....more
tools....alittle project plane so you have something to really tinker on. Oh
and did I mention MORE TOOLS!!!!

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
I'm in a bizarre double "but then" situation.

I've got room for a 1/2 mile grass strip, right in front of our house.
(This was a location requirement before building our house)

But then.... I would have to build a hanger... probably 40" x 50" with
doors
on the back for garage stalls on each side of the tail.

But then ..... I would need another airplane, even though the Aztec would
go
in and out of 1/2 mile grass, it really isn't a great idea with 8" prop
clearance and I wouldn't put that request before my other two partners.

As "bad" as this sounds, one of my partners already has this ideal
situation
taken care of... he flys his C170 out of a grass strip right in front of
his
house. Needless to say, he flys about 5 times as much as I do.

Jim


"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
My own strip that is my dream! Well just as soon as my rich Uncle gets
out of the poor house! Biggest thing here is finding enough land that
is
flat enough. If I were still in Eastern KY I could just buy a abandoned
strip mine....they make my pretty mountains into treelesss flat runways!
May
as well get some use out of the eyesores.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love
where
I live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our
home,
it has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating nicely --
but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the
street
who lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't
be
hard to forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so
that
they must park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road
effectively
one-lane, especially in the winter when the plows can't get around
them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres or
so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

LMAO!!! Yep, if I did all that, I'd definately need a rollaway!
Jim

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
Now Now Jim,
I am sure we all wish we had the problem of how big to build our
hangar!
Remember , the bigger ..the more toys it holds!!!! Just think of all
the fun stuff you get to buy to put in it. New rollaways.....more
tools....alittle project plane so you have something to really tinker on.
Oh
and did I mention MORE TOOLS!!!!

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
I'm in a bizarre double "but then" situation.

I've got room for a 1/2 mile grass strip, right in front of our house.
(This was a location requirement before building our house)

But then.... I would have to build a hanger... probably 40" x 50" with
doors
on the back for garage stalls on each side of the tail.

But then ..... I would need another airplane, even though the Aztec
would
go
in and out of 1/2 mile grass, it really isn't a great idea with 8" prop
clearance and I wouldn't put that request before my other two partners.

As "bad" as this sounds, one of my partners already has this ideal
situation
taken care of... he flys his C170 out of a grass strip right in front of
his
house. Needless to say, he flys about 5 times as much as I do.

Jim


"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
My own strip that is my dream! Well just as soon as my rich Uncle
gets
out of the poor house! Biggest thing here is finding enough land
that
is
flat enough. If I were still in Eastern KY I could just buy a abandoned
strip mine....they make my pretty mountains into treelesss flat
runways!
May
as well get some use out of the eyesores.

Patrick
student SP
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash
living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love
where
I live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our
home,
it has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating
nicely --
but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from
the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the
street
who lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't
be
hard to forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so
that
they must park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road
effectively
one-lane, especially in the winter when the plows can't get around
them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres
or
so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

W P Dixon wrote:

My own strip that is my dream! Well just as soon as my rich Uncle
gets out of the poor house! Biggest thing here is finding enough land
that is flat enough. If I were still in Eastern KY I could just buy a
abandoned strip mine....they make my pretty mountains into treelesss
flat runways! May as well get some use out of the eyesores.

I have the same dream, but my land is rolling hillsides and it would
take a LOT of excavation to make a runway even 1500' long. Now a
Rotorway.... :-)

Matt

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nz58f.519568$xm3.480642@attbi_s21...
I envy you Jim! The guy who owns the house next door has trash living
there. Usually requires a monthly visit by the Sheriff's Dept. Love where
I
live and loathe my trashy neighbors!

While not quite that bad, I'm in a similar situation. We love our home,
it
has everything in it we want (or need), it's appreciating nicely -- but
we're planning on moving next year, when my daughter graduates from the
(excellent) neighborhood grade school.

It's nothing terrible, but we sure won't miss the lady across the street
who
lets her yippy dogs bark at 6:30 AM every morning. And it won't be hard
to
forget my idiot neighbors who fill their garages with junk so that they
must
park their $30K SUVs on the street (making our road effectively one-lane,
especially in the winter when the plows can't get around them).

Probably gonna buy an old farm house outside of town, with 20 acres or so
around it. Maybe put in a grass strip...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Possibility of a fly-in B&B?

Possibility of a fly-in B&B?

We *are* discussing moving into the inn (essentially a fly-in B&B, on
steroids) while we look for the "perfect" home with enough land for a
landing strip.

Trouble is, I'm afraid we'd get so used to it, that we'd never leave. It
makes SO much financial sense, but... We really like being able to "go
home" at the end of the day, and leave the place in the able hands of our
night manager, who does live on-site.

We'll see how it unfolds. We've got lots of irons in the fire right now...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

We really like being able to "go
home" at the end of the day, and leave the place in the able hands of our
night manager, who does live on-site.

You'd be going farther away from the airport.

Jose
--
Money: what you need when you run out of brains.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

We really like being able to "go
home" at the end of the day, and leave the place in the able hands of our
night manager, who does live on-site.

You'd be going farther away from the airport.

Only until we found the perfect piece of land upon which to build our
*own* airport!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
We really like being able to "go
home" at the end of the day, and leave the place in the able hands of
our
night manager, who does live on-site.

You'd be going farther away from the airport.

Only until we found the perfect piece of land upon which to build our
*own* airport!

That's great to be able to buy enough land for a runway. Where I live it
just seems like every year there are more people trying to buy the same land
that the prices have gone beyond buying an "airport". How much longer
before the overflow reaches your area?

That's great to be able to buy enough land for a runway. Where I live it
just seems like every year there are more people trying to buy the same land
that the prices have gone beyond buying an "airport". How much longer
before the overflow reaches your area?

Um, well, have you flown over the Midwest? Outside of the cities --
which are relatively few, and far between -- there are thousands of
square miles of farmland and forest.

I don't think we'll be worrying about "urban sprawl" in the Midwest for
a few hundred years, soonest.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"