Two questions about the PIPER CUB

Shame... Thank's anyways.

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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Margy wrote:

Secondly -- and this has nothing to do with the above question -- 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?


I have many friends with their own airstrips. The smallest is on 15
acres and goes diagonal on the property from corner to corner and is
1300 feet. No obstacles on the approaches other than a barb wire fence.
I can get my Bonanza in and out of there but not when I am very heavy.
If I as building my own I would have 3000 feet.

"Margy" wrote in message
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wrote:
Howdy folks,
I was browsing the web and came upon this odd photograph of the Piper
Cub strung on wires above the ground. Apparently it was used to launch
aircraft and catch them without landing/takeoff.

Here's the pictu
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/us...ipercub_brodie

Anyone seen that before? Was it practical? Did they actuallly use it?

At the museum (Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space
Museum) we have an L-5 outfitted with a Brodie device.

Recently spent a full day at Udvar-Hazy. You haven't been if you haven't
been to Udvar-Hazy. Once it is filled it will be beyond belief. What a
place! We all owe Steven Udvar-Hazy and the other folks that donated a huge
Thank You!Spent a day and a half at NASM also.

Margy

Dave Stadt wrote:
"Margy" wrote in message
...

wrote:

Howdy folks,
I was browsing the web and came upon this odd photograph of the Piper
Cub strung on wires above the ground. Apparently it was used to launch
aircraft and catch them without landing/takeoff.

Here's the pictu
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/us...ipercub_brodie

Anyone seen that before? Was it practical? Did they actuallly use it?

At the museum (Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, National Air and Space
Museum) we have an L-5 outfitted with a Brodie device.


Recently spent a full day at Udvar-Hazy. You haven't been if you haven't
been to Udvar-Hazy. Once it is filled it will be beyond belief. What a
place! We all owe Steven Udvar-Hazy and the other folks that donated a huge
Thank You!Spent a day and a half at NASM also.

I agree and new things come in all the time, so if you haven't been
there in a few months, you haven't been there.

Margy