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Old Forge, NY
Years ago, I landed on a grass strip near Old Forge, NY. I have occasion
to go there again. Although I see a landing strip near there on my Delorme Topo program, I do not see anything on FlightStar or in the AOPA airport directory. Does anyone know what happened to that airfield? Thanks. Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA) |
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Ron Rosenfeld wrote:
Years ago, I landed on a grass strip near Old Forge, NY. I have occasion to go there again. Although I see a landing strip near there on my Delorme Topo program, I do not see anything on FlightStar or in the AOPA airport directory. Does anyone know what happened to that airfield? It is no longer there, either public or private, but I cannot answer what happened to it. However, one evening last winter I landed at Oneida Cty airport (50nm to the SW of Old Forge, NY) and struck up a conversation with another, older pilot who had also just arrived. We both had our CFIIs with us and were using UCA to shoot some night time approaches. It turned out that this gentleman is a politician for a town near Old Forge. During our chat, I asked him if there would ever be an airport in Old Forge. He told me that there are plans in the works to get a paved airport up and running in Old Forge sometime soon. He went on to say that the town was considering taking back the land (perhaps where that grass strip was?) by beg, borrow, or steal, a demonstration of how OF's town leaders recognize the importance of reviving the airport. In the fall I am going to be vacationing near OF and I plan on tracking down that politician to get an update. I, too, hope to see an airport there. Until then, strap on the floats! This politician flies a C172 that is retrofitted with floats in the summer. -- Peter Based out of SYR |
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On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 22:45:56 -0400, Peter R.
wrote: It is no longer there, either public or private, but I cannot answer what happened to it. However, one evening last winter I landed at Oneida Cty airport (50nm to the SW of Old Forge, NY) and struck up a conversation with another, older pilot who had also just arrived. We both had our CFIIs with us and were using UCA to shoot some night time approaches. Peter, Thanks for that information. I guess their plans will not come to fruition in time for me to use it this week, though. I was going to meet my son there. I'll probably meet him at UCA. Floats would be nice. I had my first hour on floats there in a Super Cub. But my Mooney does not have floats. So I could only make one water landing and no takeoffs in it. :-( Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA) |
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