For a number of years I’ve shared the podium at Sun ‘n Fun with Ray Sessions, developer of Cannon Creek Airpark in Florida.Continue readingThree Sun ‘n Fun forums on airparks planned
Author: Ben Sclair
If your airpark has a website and it isn’t included in our extensive list of airparks, please email us the website information for your fly-in community so we can add it to our database.Continue readingDo you have website?
A plan to develop a 19-lot development adjacent to the privately-owned Sky Manor Airport at Pittstown, New Jersey, has hit a bumpy road and the property has been turned over to the primary lender, Metuchen Savings Bank.Continue readingBank offers lots adjoining New Jersey airport
Who should pay for the damage to my Mooney? Me or the homeowner? The homeowner says it’s the pilot’s responsibility to see and avoid all obstacles as stated in the FARs.Continue readingWho’s responsible for damage to plane?
Far too often maintenance and normal upkeep is put on the back burner during the winter months. That’s especially true in areas where the property gets buried in snow or other inclement weather. With that time situation, flying is often down and the net result is that problems with the runway and taxiway are missed.Continue readingSpring’s coming … airparks need work!
All of the chairs were full, and another large crowd waited outside the board room at the Tate County Planning Commission last week – and most of those in attendance did not leave happy.Continue readingAirpark project gets OK; foes vow to appeal
I would like to say that with the correct use of terms and verbiage, the initial conversation with airport or airpark management and other governing body personnel must begin with the descriptive language that portrays what the requester really is asking for.Continue readingCorrect terms help get ‘hangar home’ OK
There’s a fuel tank in the ground on the residential airpark property I am interested in acquiring. The seller hasn’t had fuel delivered in a number of years but he says the tank is sound and there’s no reason it can’t be filled by a local distributor of av gas or auto fuel. What are the rules on this?Continue readingPermit needed for fuel tank deliveries
Most new homes at a certain price level now come with things like home theaters, home automation, security video integrated into home entertainment video, etc.Continue readingTechnology in airpark homes
The Buffalo County Planning and Zoning Commission tabled a request from Mark Meyer and Onion Crest LLC for a special-use permit that would allow 16 additional hangars with residences at an existing private airstrip near Cottonmill Avenue and 85th Street about two miles south of Riverdale.Continue readingResidential airpark plan tabled
After buying the property and moving here I discovered there are a few property owners who have failed to pay their annual assessments. The board of directors keeps talking about the situation but doesn’t appear to be doing anything.Continue readingWhat to do about those not paying
The new assisted living home is an addition to the neighboring aviation community, according to officials at Eagles Nest Aviator Homes Inc.Continue readingAssisted living for retired pilot available
I can assure you that the fly-in communities located on privately-owned airports do not have any trouble with the FAA.Continue readingQuestion: What’s future of airparks?
The Port of St. Helens, which operates the Scappoose Airport, filed an appeal with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) to a city council vote that would allow a mixed-use airport zone.Continue readingBoard sides with city on land-use issue
Long time Living With Your Plane friend James Wynbrandt has written a feature on airpark living for Plane & Pilot magazine. The article mostly discusses “finding a residential airpark that’s right for you”.Continue readingPlane Living