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JF in MI

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• Dec 11, 2016

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The post below 'aussie Christmas' got me thinking. How many of you have an airstrip cut out on your land and how about a picture of it. This is where I live in central MI lower (the wife was really PO'd when I strapped her to the back of the plane to film this
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Case Nutty 1660

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• Dec 11, 2016

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my Uncle who owns the place I farm on had several Taylor craft planes back in the day,, he had a grass runway in the lakebed here,, I think he got rid of the last one in the early 60's,,
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connor9988

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Central Iowa

• Dec 11, 2016

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I would love to learn to fly. When I transfer to ISU I am going to try out their CyFly club and see what that is all about.
Great video of your landing!

I embedded the video here for you as well.

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rrlund

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• Dec 11, 2016

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My brother used to land his in the hay field across the road from the house when the hay was cut off,but we never had one that we kept mowed.

 

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centash

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• Dec 11, 2016

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Landed a 150 in the neighbour's hayfield once when the engine failed.....it was smoother than the grass strip at the airport! Ben

 

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steve706

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• Dec 11, 2016

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Nice video, is that an RV8?

 

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coshoo

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• Dec 11, 2016

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Neighbor had one the went diagonally on his field. We made the hay on it every year. He had us come and do the airstrip as early as possible, and we had to follow the airstrip, not just go around and around the field. He crashed his plane and was killed a few years later, and that was the end of the airstrip.

 

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greg oliver

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• Dec 11, 2016

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JF, I bulldozed for an airstrip in 2005 in Garrattsville New York that's over 1500 ft. I found it on google maps and its behind Ahona environmental systems. He sells high efficiency boilers and has a small plane. I googled his company and I see the plane is on his cover page. I was promised a ride and probably ought to take him up on it because neither of us is getting any younger. It is almost parallel to Cty Rt 16. I just cut it out of the hill side they did the final grading and seeding as his brothers farm is next door.

 

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David G

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• Dec 11, 2016

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Hello fellow Cyclone ......

What is the plane in the picture?

 

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Ron Muhlenkamp

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• Dec 11, 2016

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My strip is across the fence. Butler Cty PA

 

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JF in MI

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• Dec 11, 2016

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JF in MI

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• Dec 11, 2016

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Its a Van's RV-4

 

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Bob Bancroft

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Aurora NY

• Dec 11, 2016

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The best I can do is send you to Google maps, 42.787494, -76.670885. That should be the north end of my runway, just across the creek, and south of my buildings. I had constructed a shorter one earlier, but got in trouble, and made this longer one, without trees on the end.

 

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JF in MI

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• Dec 11, 2016

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Wow! That looks like a nice long one. I used to pass within a few miles of there when I commuted back and forth from CT every 2 weeks before my wife retired. Now, what do you fly out of there?

 

showcrop

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• Dec 11, 2016

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Here is the one that my grandfather had back in the '40s. He didn't know that he had it though until my uncle came for a visit and landed in the meadow.

Here is my grandfather mowing, and my uncle with the rake helping, and his airplane in the background. My uncle worked for an aircraft manufacturer in CT, where he bought the airplane with his employee discount. He did not own a car though.

 

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Bob Bancroft

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Location

Aurora NY

• Dec 11, 2016

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Runway is about 60'x2000'.
Piper Cherokee.

 

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greg oliver

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• Dec 11, 2016

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JF, I think I figured out the coordinates 42.682751,-75.131474. I have never done this before but googled it and shows about the middle of the air strip. It doesn't look like much but I pushed a lot of dirt for 2 weeks.

 

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JF in MI

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• Dec 11, 2016

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Building a new hangar or barn there?

 

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greg oliver

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• Dec 11, 2016

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I'm not sure but probably a hanger. When we first met him he took us out there in 2005 and said you might think I'm crazy but I want to build an airstrip. I figured he just wanted a price but wrong again. Mark the owner is a real good guy to work for. His web site shows a plane flying and I can't remember what type. Alternative Heating of North America is his business.