Distance to Airport

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If clutter fills available space, this guy's in a "heap" of trouble!!

--
Montblack

5 minutes. I thought I wanted a home close to work, but ended up living
close to the plane. I'm very happy.

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane
N92054

I am in the same situation as Bob.

An airport 10 minutes away but my plane is 50 minutes.

Any truth to the saying "the further away the boat, the more you use it"?

Mike Z

"Robert A. Barker" wrote in message news:YVkob.50262$275.127798@attbi_s53...

I, like many others, so it seems, have a 25 t5o 30 min
drive to my plane. There is an airport 5 min away,but for
many reasons doesn't work out.

Bob Barker N8749S

JimC wrote:

How far do you live from your plane and how long do you typically spend
driving to get there?

Home, work, airport is an equilateral triangle, about 20 minutes per side.

In article . net, "Mike Z."
writes:

I am in the same situation as Bob.

An airport 10 minutes away but my plane is 50 minutes.

Any truth to the saying "the further away the boat, the more you use it"?

I have the same kind of choice.

I'm 10 minutes from KCLE, a class B with lots of in and out problems and high
cost of hanger.

I'm 30 minutes from KLPR, good choice but hanger is $250/month.

I'm 40 minutes from I64, OK airport with hanger at $100/month and cheap gas.

I'm at I64. G

Chuck

PS There is no question re the boat. I have several examples of people that
moved to the Lake Erie shore, kept the boat at the door, and then stopped using
it.

8 miles by air, 12 miles by road. 20 minutes.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.



I have been thinking about the drive to the airport lately and how nice it
would be to live a little closer. I have a brother that is also a pilot and
he lives about 4 miles from his plane. Mine is more like 25 road miles away
and requires a half hour drive. That really makes a difference when you
are working on the plane and remember you left something at home that is
needed for the current job.

This got me curious about the situation that others have. So, how about it?
How far do you live from your plane and how long do you typically spend
driving to get there?

JimC

"Mike Z." wrote:

Any truth to the saying "the further away the boat, the more you use it"?

I've not found that to be the case. I don't fly as often based at Old Bridge
as I did when I was based at Kupper. The drive to Kupper used to be 20 to 30
minutes. That to Old Bridge runs 45 minutes or a bit more. That extra hour of
driving time somehow makes it impossible to get anything else done on a flying
afternoon.

George Patterson
You can dress a hog in a tuxedo, but he still wants to roll in the mud.

In article ,
"JimC" wrote:

I have been thinking about the drive to the airport lately and how nice it
would be to live a little closer. I have a brother that is also a pilot and
he lives about 4 miles from his plane. Mine is more like 25 road miles away
and requires a half hour drive. That really makes a difference when you
are working on the plane and remember you left something at home that is
needed for the current job.

This got me curious about the situation that others have. So, how about it?
How far do you live from your plane and how long do you typically spend
driving to get there?

JimC





About 50 feet -- I used to live 50 mile from my plane in the People's
Republik of Kalifornia. That really got old!

We have a asaying that, if you've lived at Spruce Creek and die and go
to heaven, it is just a lateral trensfer.

Heh, I've found this. My garden is overgrown with brambles,
my house is a mess and my cars need washing and polishing.
I find my whole day's shot...I tend not to get up early on
Saturdays anyway (see working time below...usually too tired
by Saturday!) and with an hour drive each way and it getting
dark early now...

And I was in work until 5.45am this morning working enough
overtime to pay for the damned plane! :-)

Paul
(5.30pm on a Friday evening now...just a few more hours to
do... :-) )

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...
That extra hour of
driving time somehow makes it impossible to get anything else done on a
flying
afternoon.

15 minute drive, about 6 or 7 miles.