Living With Your Plane

Do you own this home?

Dave Sclair — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:57:04 +0000

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.

Sign up for free airpark webinar

Ben Sclair — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:27:17 +0000

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.

Mohican Airpark (Ohio) takes first step

Ben Sclair — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:38:53 +0000

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.”

Nice airpark story in Plane & Pilot

Ben Sclair — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:18:21 +0000

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.

No airpark is too small for directory

Dave Sclair — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:48:20 +0000

During a recent aviation gathering, I spoke with someone who mentioned a small residential airpark that I couldn’t find in our directory of residential airparks. He said he thought the airpark, with only 4 or 5 homesites, was too small to be included in our directory.

An airpark is an airport with 2 or more homesites! That means we want to list every airport with at least two homesites so if you know of one, please complete the airpark listing form or at the very least, send us the airpark name, city and state and if possible a contact name.

Telford Skypark, England, failed to develop

Dave Sclair — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:40:03 +0000

Several years ago we received information about an airpark in England – Telford Skypark in Telford – but have never been able to obtain any updates on the project. Now, Judith Woodsworth is travelling in Europe studying European Rural Development and plans a “dissertation on the benefits, or not, of Airparks/ Aviator Villages to the sustainable development of a rural area.”

She agreed to check up on some of the airparks we shared with her and recently she sent us the following information about Telford:

“The AirPark at Telford never got off the ground. It was subject to a public enquiry and planning was denied even though every residential plot was spoken for and the industrial units too. Funnily one of the Directors is now my flight instructor – she’s excellent. Just passed my Air Law and hopefully 1st solo soon.”

Arlington fly-in forum on Saturday

Ben Sclair — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:56:49 +0000

Going to the Arlington Fly-In this week? Dave will be leading a forum on Saturday, July 10 at 10:30 am in Forum Tent F. (See complete fly-in forum schedule). You can also stop by our booth (space 98). See you there.

Question: Landing rights not attached to airpark parcels

Dave Sclair — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:48:48 +0000

We received the following email from David Blackwell.

My family developed a property in Western NC known as Tusquittee Landing. It has a 1/2 mile grass landing strip. Unlike other airparks, landing rights were attached only to some lots. We currently have 4 landing rights which are not attached to a certain property and we are trying to determine their value. Can you provide us with any information that might help?

My response:

Mr. Blackwell, I don’t have a direct answer for you but hopefully some of our readers can provide some information of value. As you are aware, yours is an unusual arrangement; ie., most airparks have usage assigned directly to lots not unattached landing rights. Have any lots been sold without landing rights recently compared with some landing rights? The difference would be the value, in my thinking. Unfortunately, there are so many variables involved that this becomes art, rather than science. Anyone have any good ideas?

Survey closing soon

Ben Sclair — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:20:53 +0000

The survey on Airpark Home Financial Data will close July 12. Your response is extremely important to helping make this survey as accurate and complete as possible. It will only take a few minutes to complete the questions so please click here to take our survey.

Airpark accident survey

Dave Sclair — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:19:38 +0000

We want to tabulate accident data at residential airparks. Please fill our the following survey to the best of your knowledge. Thank you for your participation.