“Residential airpark living takes off” is a story posted at Bankrate.com. Jay McDonald quotes Living With Your Plane founder and editor Dave Sclair as well as airpark residents.

Click here to read the complete story.

We received the following from Ted Hensley, developer of Tennessee’s Hensley Airpark. The local TV news affiliate did a nice job spotlighting the airpark in a news segment. To see the segment, click here.

Fellow Pilot:

Back in August, the NBC affiliate out of Bristol, Tennessee, WCYB, Channel 5, came out to the Airpark and did a ‘Human Interest Story”. While I wasn’t available, the reporter did a great job of interviewing a few of our owners and took some great video. I did get to see this item later that evening and only recently was able to get a copy from the station, upload to Internet, plus put a new button on the Website which provides a link for viewing.

IF you have high speed Internet, you can click on link below to view the news item. Even with high speed, you need to give it a half-minute or so before clicking on the large ‘arrow’ in order to start the video.

My thanks goes out to Mark, Mac, and Walt for helping the young lady put the story together.

Merry Christmas to all!

Ted Hensley

East Naples (Florida) resident, J. Miller wrote into the Naples Daily News wondering, “Why is private airpark allowed to operate?” The airpark in question is Wing South Airpark.

Tim Aten provides a very reasoned response to J. Miller’s, perhaps uninformed, questions. Better yet, the reader comments that follow speak out very much in favor the airpark specifically and aviation in general.

Click here to read the full story.

The (Boulder, Colo.) Daily Camera is reporting that a 50-year-old agreement that allows, “direct and perpetual access to the (Boulder) airport” from an adjoining residential property is creating problems. The FAA states the “through-the-fence agreement” is in violation of federal rules and is threatening to withhold federal AIP funds.

Barry Barnow, owner of both the property in question and Boulder Valley Aviation, see it differently. He wants to build a home and 2,000-square-foot hangar that will make for quick access to the airport. Nothing more, nothing less.

The story cites a similar situation happening in Scappoose, Oregon (click here for story). Perhaps the most troubling aspect of this can be found in the comment area of the Boulder story (scroll to the bottom). The perception of aviation is bad.