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One less airport means fewer crashes?
No, but RHV has been on borrowed time for some time now. All the paperwork is already done to close the airport (EI study etc). The developers are circling and its just a question of when. Its an interesting airport to fly into. Its about the most city-locked airport I've seen. On final you can expect updrafts from the A/C units at the shopping mall. -Robert |
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Robert M. Gary wrote:
One less airport means fewer crashes? No, but RHV has been on borrowed time for some time now. All the paperwork is already done to close the airport (EI study etc). The developers are circling and its just a question of when. Its an interesting airport to fly into. Its about the most city-locked airport I've seen. On final you can expect updrafts from the A/C units at the shopping mall. Ever been to the DC to Boston corridor? There's a lot of those... G |
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I'm trying to remember the most housing crowded airport I flew into as
PIC. Midway comes to mind. LGA is pretty crowded, so is what used to be called Washington National. For general aviation, Lakeway in Austin is in the middle of a housing development. Some houses near the airport have hangers, not garages. Gee, the remote control for a garage door is still another radio in the airplane. |
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![]() "Tony" wrote in message oups.com... I'm trying to remember the most housing crowded airport I flew into as PIC. Midway comes to mind. You ain't kidding. Have ya been down the lakefront at nite? My first trip into Midway I was a solo student, 3rd departure was with a "PPL Test Approved" in my logbook. ;-) Marty |
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![]() Robert M. Gary wrote: One less airport means fewer crashes? No, but RHV has been on borrowed time for some time now. All the paperwork is already done to close the airport (EI study etc). The developers are circling and its just a question of when. Its an interesting airport to fly into. Its about the most city-locked airport I've seen. On final you can expect updrafts from the A/C units at the shopping mall. -Robert The adjoining homeowners should be able to cash out at valley market rates, get a bigger home (out of state) and invest the remaining equity. America, berry berry good ! JG |
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When I was working in Silicon Valley, I once went to the testing area
in our company. Casually mentioned to the engineer there that I was a pilot. Was immediately treated to a 20 minute diatribe about RHV - about how it needs to be closed - about how annoying these little planes were flying overhead when he went out to relax in his backyard. He went on and on about how the little planes were mostly just flying round & round ( pattern ) and about how they were mostly foreigners who came to San Jose from far away to fly round and round in his backyard. The guy is so obsessed that he created a website: http://www.reidhillview.com/. Scary.... I would say that he was just a real estate investor buying a house at a depressed "airport-nearby" price, getting the airport closed, selling the house at a massive profit, and moving on to the next airport - except he was so passionate. This was maybe six years ago; the website is still up. When I mentioned that the airport was already there when the houses went up, I thought he was going to hit me, He said something to the effect that pilots better bow to the will of the people, or there would be consequences! ( I imagined mobs of villagers with torches.... ![]() RHV is actually the busiest training airport in the Bay Area. These days, I mostly don't mention being a pilot - am never sure how people will react. - Jerry Kaidor |
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![]() "Jerry" wrote in message oups.com... When I mentioned that the airport was already there when the houses went up, I thought he was going to hit me, He said something to the effect that pilots better bow to the will of the people, or there would be consequences! Nah...der Volk. ( I imagined mobs of villagers with torches.... ![]() At rallies in Nuremberg... |
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![]() Jerry wrote: When I was working in Silicon Valley, I once went to the testing area in our company. Casually mentioned to the engineer there that I was a pilot. Was immediately treated to a 20 minute diatribe about RHV - about how it needs to be closed - about how annoying these little planes were flying overhead when he went out to relax in his backyard. He went on and on about how the little planes were mostly just flying round & round ( pattern ) and about how they were mostly foreigners who came to San Jose from far away to fly round and round in his backyard. The guy is so obsessed that he created a website: http://www.reidhillview.com/. Funny, one of his links to RHV pictures is another site-PRO RHV. Scary.... I would say that he was just a real estate investor buying a house at a depressed "airport-nearby" price, getting the airport closed, selling the house at a massive profit, and moving on to the next airport - except he was so passionate. This was maybe six years ago; the website is still up. When I mentioned that the airport was already there when the houses went up, So that entitles RHV users to force adjoining property to remain garlic fields. JG I thought he was going to hit me, He said something to the effect that pilots better bow to the will of the people, or there would be consequences! ( I imagined mobs of villagers with torches.... ![]() RHV is actually the busiest training airport in the Bay Area. These days, I mostly don't mention being a pilot - am never sure how people will react. - Jerry Kaidor |
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So that entitles RHV users to force adjoining property to remain garlic fields. I was going to say "of course not". But then I wondered "Why not?". Of course RHV owners and users can't force the adjoining property to remain any particular thing. But we SHOULD be able to keep the land from becoming CERTAIN new things, like houses, that are predictably a problem off the ends of runways. It's called zoning, and it needs to be part of any new airport, and it needs to be enforced. The airport was there first. If you don't like airports, don't move in next to the things. This happens to more than just airports. Houses spring up near farms, trash hauling stations, airports, noisy businesses, power plants, etc. all the time. And with increasing frequency the newcomers start to complain about the things that were there first, and tell the original folks to shut down and move. This is insane. I think it's high time we grabbed some vacant land in the middle of a town, build an airport (helicopters to start with), and tell the adjoining residents they have to move because their houses are interfering with our flight paths. Kinda turn the tables on them. Of course, they'll say they were there first. And they'd be right..... |
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