The following story appears at the Navada Appeal website:

Dayton Airpark projects take flight

By Nevada Appeal News Service

Looking past the current storms in the housing market, the Dayton Airpark (Details - paid subscription required for Full Access), a Wade Lakemont development, is moving onto the runway.

“Nothing happens quickly. We want to get ahead of the market,” says Doug Thorngren, whose Reno-based Silverado Properties is providing consulting and marketing services on the project. Centerpiece of the development at the south edge of the Lyon County community is a privately owned 5,400-foot airstrip. Rebuilt within the past two years, the runway can handle planes as large as medium-sized jets. Continue Reading

The following was posted at the East Valley Tribune website.

QC residents should come before jets

By Greg Clark

The proposal for jets and helicopters at Pegasus Airpark has met with opposition from surrounding residential neighborhoods. The Queen Creek Planning and Zoning Commission has its own guidelines with specific criteria that must be satisfied in order to win approval for this amendment. We are convinced that the Pegasus proposal cannot satisfy these criteria, and the conditional use amendment for jets and helicopters must be denied. Continue Reading

Wayne Thompson wrote in The New Zealand Herald (January 2008) that an airpark developer wants to build eight lots next to Kaipara Flats Airfield.

Pilots want eight fly-in homes

By Wayne Thompson

The idea of living with your aeroplane is taking off in rural Auckland where an American-style air park is proposed for a little-used private airstrip.

“People who are into light aviation are similar in an emotional sense to boaties whose ultimate is to step from their waterways home on to their boat,” said Tiger Moth owner Jim Schmidt, of Warkworth. Continue Reading

PRWEB — The Pegasus Group announces the Grand Opening of the Big South Fork Tennessee Airpark and Equestrian Community. An exclusive aviation and equestrian community (click here to see complete airpark data, subscription required) in eastern Tennessee, this airpark was inspired by the rustic beauty of Scott County and the surrounding Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The vision is to create a 450-acre dreamscape for plane and horse lovers alike.

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From The Cresswell (Oregon) Chronicle, August 27, 2008:

By Helen Hollyer

After devoting much of their more-than-two-hour Aug. 19 meeting to a sometimes-contentious discussion of what would constitute an appropriate through-the-fence (TTF) access fee, the four Creswell Airport Commission members present voted unanimously to recommend that the city council set the fee at $35 per month.

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Dave Sclair, publisher of Living With Your Plane, regularly addresses problems affecting residential airparks. Many of the questions he addresses come up during his presentations at various aviation events around the country.

Question: I noticed a number of fly-in communities in foreign countries. I mean places like Mexico, England, Australia, South America and places in Europe. In other words, anyplace except the United States and Canada. The photos on the Living With Your Plane website and the web pages of the airparks in these foreign places really make the facilities look great. Is it safe to buy into these properties? Are these safeguards I need to consider before buying? Are Americans treated differently when buying foreign properties?

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