Airparks; Living On The Beaten Path?

This got me thinking, a rudderless Ercoupe in a multi-directional wind
landing......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2NJFrvYls

Do you (I) really want a home that close to a GA landing strip? Yet I see
megabuck homes in my neck of the woods

http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?prt=85&t=1217861

http://preview.tinyurl.com/39avgz Use satellite mode

Am I missing something? Isn't this a bit off the safety charts?
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"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message
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This got me thinking, a rudderless Ercoupe in a multi-directional wind
landing......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2NJFrvYls

It was just a landing. I saw nothing remarkable beyond a bit of float and
perhaps a tiny bit long.

Do you (I) really want a home that close to a GA landing strip? Yet I see
megabuck homes in my neck of the woods

Yes, but most are way out of my price range.

Vaughn

On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:35:47 GMT, Vaughn Simon wrote:

"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message
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This got me thinking, a rudderless Ercoupe in a multi-directional wind
landing......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2NJFrvYls

It was just a landing. I saw nothing remarkable beyond a bit of float and
perhaps a tiny bit long.


I missed making my point. It was the nearness of the houses (aircraft
irregardless). Sorry.
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"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message
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On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:35:47 GMT, Vaughn Simon wrote:

I missed making my point. It was the nearness of the houses (aircraft
irregardless). Sorry.

On a regular basis, I have cars zipping by not two carlengths from my
bedroom, some of them faster than a landing Aircoupe. Not only that, I live at
the dangerous end of a "T" intersection. If one car ran that stop sign...

Anyhow, been 20 years now in this same house and no trouble.

Vaughn

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message
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On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:35:47 GMT, Vaughn Simon wrote:

I missed making my point. It was the nearness of the houses (aircraft
irregardless). Sorry.

On a regular basis, I have cars zipping by not two carlengths from my
bedroom, some of them faster than a landing Aircoupe. Not only that, I
live at the dangerous end of a "T" intersection. If one car ran that stop
sign...

Anyhow, been 20 years now in this same house and no trouble.



I used to live near the end of Greenfield Rd. at 14 Mile Rd. in Birmingham
MI. In the Google maps "street view":

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=greenfield+rd.+and+14+mi le+rd.+Birmingham+MI&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.875284,80.332031&ie=UTF8&ll=42.5 35437,-83.204527&spn=0.007004,0.02665&z=16&layer=c&cbll=4 2.53192,-83.20441&cbp=1,0,,0,5you can see the BIG rock that the guy who lived across from the end ofGreenfield set in his front yard after the _second_ time that a car ended upin his bedroom...I'd rather live next to a runway myself...--GeoffThe Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Comremove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mailWhen immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate.

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On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:02:33 -0400, Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:

I used to live near the end of Greenfield Rd. at 14 Mile Rd. in Birmingham
MI. In the Google maps "street view":

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=greenfield+rd.+and+14+mi le+rd.+Birmingham+MI&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=30.875284,80.332031&ie=UTF8&ll=42.5 35437,-83.204527&spn=0.007004,0.02665&z=16&layer=c&cbll=4 2.53192,-83.20441&cbp=1,0,,0,5you can see the BIG rock that the guy who lived across from the end ofGreenfield set in his front yard after the _second_ time that a car ended upin his bedroom...I'd rather live next to a runway myself...-

I have seen that visiting up there many times. lol
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"Vaughn Simon" wrote

Not only that, I live at the dangerous end of a "T" intersection. If one
car ran that stop sign...

Anyhow, been 20 years now in this same house and no trouble.

Year 21 may be the year your luck runs out.

I knew a guy that lived at the end of a sharp 90 degree turn, and someone
fell asleep at the wheel, and the car ended up parked in his bedroom,
pushing the bed up against the wall, with the ceiling collapsed on top of
him. It took a long time to get him out, but all he ended up with was some
scrapes and bruises. He was lucky that he had a sturdy bed, with a tall
headboard. That fact held up part of the ceiling, and kept from crushing
his head and chest.

You might want to consider getting the authorities to put up a guardrail, or
a very large stone to protect the house. Food for thought?
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Jim in NC

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:25:34 GMT, Vaughn Simon wrote:

"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message
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On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:35:47 GMT, Vaughn Simon wrote:

I missed making my point. It was the nearness of the houses (aircraft
irregardless). Sorry.

On a regular basis, I have cars zipping by not two carlengths from my
bedroom, some of them faster than a landing Aircoupe. Not only that, I live at
the dangerous end of a "T" intersection. If one car ran that stop sign...

Anyhow, been 20 years now in this same house and no trouble.

Vaughn

I don't know what to say, Vaughn except Best Of Luck
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"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message ...
This got me thinking, a rudderless Ercoupe in a multi-directional wind
landing......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l2NJFrvYls

Do you (I) really want a home that close to a GA landing strip? Yet I see
megabuck homes in my neck of the woods

http://www.visualtour.com/shownp.asp?prt=85&t=1217861

http://preview.tinyurl.com/39avgz Use satellite mode

Am I missing something? Isn't this a bit off the safety charts?
--
Remove numbers for gmail and for God's sake it ain't "gee" either!


Cake with a 'coupe. Faster than any other equal powered production plane...

Need a steeper approach path - hang your hand out the side and pull full nose up. settle right in...