In the Floorplans section of Living With Your Plane website we have a few dozen examples of different airpark home designs. In response to a call for floorplans years ago, I received the following image. Do you live in this home? Do you know who lives in this home? If memory serves correct, this home is located in Washington state, but I wouldn’t guarantee it. If you know, send me an email. For that matter, if you’d like to share a copy of your plans I’d love to have them.
Dave Sclair will be conducting a Residential Airpark webinar on Thursday, August 26 (from 5:00-6:15 pm Pacific Time). To join the free online program, hosted by EAA, click here.
From The Daily Record of Wooster, Ohio, the Wayne County Planning Commission is reviewing an plans for Mohican Airpark in Clinton Township. From the story:
“Mark Scheibe has plans to develop Mohican Airpark on 43 acres with 17 lots and two grass airstrips for planes off of state Route 3 in Clinton Township. The lots will range from 1.5-8 acres, and the subdivision will have one road and two cul-de-sacs. A number of the lots will have access to the airstrips.”
Marc C. Lee authored a nice story in the September 2010 issue of Plane & Pilot magazine. The story, “Airpark Living: Waking Up To Your Dream” offers briefs descriptions on 18 airparks around the country (and one in Costa Rica). Be sure to check it out.
(Following is a photo essay of an airpark home in Illinois. Want to show off your home to fellow airpark dwellers and dreamers? Send Dave a description and photos.)
From homeowner Curt Welge:
Our house is just under 4000 sq. ft. of open construction. Tall ceilings and fireplace, hardwood floors, plaster walls, full unfinished basement. Geothermal heating and air conditioning for low cost year round comfort. 60 X 40 hangar with 54 X 16 Hydroswing door. Hangar is also heated and air conditioned with Geothermal and in floor radiant heating as well. Hangar is finished on the outside with brick and hardee board siding with a dutch hip roop. Interior hangar is drywalled and floor is epoxied white.
Ron Heidebrink opened Hardee Airpark in beautiful Myrtle Beach, SC in 2002. Boasting a 3,300-foot grass runway, the airpark offers lots of an acre or more and several have beautiful homes built on them. Following are some photos of the airpark, the runway, homes, hangars and some of the surrounding amenities.
This is the first in what we plan as a continuing series of photo stories about residential airparks. Send basic information and photos about your airpark to Dave Sclair.
AOPA is reporting Independence (Oregon) Airpark at Independence State Airport has, “access agreements that were consistent with FAA guidance, and that the FAA has no plans to require the department to take any additional corrective action regarding the residential airpark.” This is good news for all of general aviation. Could we be seeing a little bit of flexibility from the FAA?
Jackson Hole Auction Company (866-486-7653)will hold a public auction of 18 fly-in hangar home sites in Afton, Wyo., on Saturday, May 15, according to William Burke, co-founder. “This is an absolute auction with no minimums and no reserves,” he said. “That means these properties will sell to the highest bidders.”
Located 60 miles south of Jackson Hole, Afton Municipal Airport’s (AFO) 7,023-f00t runway can accommodate most piston and turbine aircraft. Afton AirPark features dedicated taxiways, providing access to each of the 54 lots and hangars, and is serviced by Afton Flight Services FBO. Homeowners can arrange for fuel services directly to their homesite hangars. The property is unique in the fact there are no private hangars available at the Jackson Hole airport where tie down costs can run $250 to $750 per day, Burke said.
The auction, which will be at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts at 240 S Glenwood Street, will be broadcast live on RFDTV starting at 2 p.m. on May 15 with telephone bidding available for pre-registered bidders.
Are you proud of your airpark home? Send us some pictures that we can share on Living With Your Plane. Why?
Email your photos with some or all of the information below to dave@generalaviationnews.com.
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EAA hosted, last week, a working group of interested parties in an effort to preserve residential through-the-fence (TTF) on public airports. The efforts of this group are to push back against FAA Order 5190.6B “which contained a new key policy statement: “Under no circumstances is the FAA to support any “through-the-fence” agreement associated with residential use…”.” Read EAA’s story here.
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