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11-Jun-2012, 12:19 PM
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| I'm glad you enjoyed it!  Tim, smaller airports can be nice... they tend to have less traffic and you don't have to worry about the big guys up there. A resident who lives less than a half mile from one of the runways in Hagerstown recently decided to build his own 1400' runway near the departure end of Hagerstown's main runway (27). He bought himself an ultralight and was testing it out about a week ago... and ended up crashing it. He lived, but with several broken bones from what I heard. Of course, building your own runway and flying within the Class D Airspace without talking to ATC is not legal... especially right off the end of the runway! Another pilot was talking about what might have happened to him had a large jet been taking off at the same time. Another pilot joked that the jet would have reported a bird strike. http://articles.herald-mail.com/2012...small-aircraft
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11-Jun-2012, 12:28 PM
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| jeeze! Even I know that outside of bush country in Alaska, you don't make your own runways. When the Twit was younger, I used to go down to the end of the runway of West Houston Airport (to the south) and park there....generally would get about half the pilots waving at us (all of 30 yards from their cockpit). He got a huge rush out of it. Here's a pic from the airport with one of their air shows.
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11-Jun-2012, 12:49 PM
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| Nice! We took Cameron to an air show last October. I think he'll enjoy it more in a few years, though.  Here are a few photos: http://www.mikeandheather.net/galler...ber/?g2_page=4 |
18-Jun-2012, 04:22 AM
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09-Sep-2012, 10:37 AM
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| I just posted another flight video! On my mom's birthday (Friday, August 24), I flew her and my father to a nice restaurant in Latrobe, PA (just east of Pittsburgh). My dad slept during most of the flight, but we all had a great time.
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11-Sep-2012, 08:37 PM
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| Nice, Mike.  Now if I could only get you to make your plane a commercial flight so I wouldn't have to drive from Baltimore or DC every time I go to Hagerstown! I miss being able to fly in all the way.  |
12-Sep-2012, 04:28 PM
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| Mike!!! That's amazing. My mom is from Hagerstown and goes back more often than I do. She doesn't drive, which means it's always a pain for someone to pick her up and take her back if I'm not with her. This is awesome, thanks! I was in Hagerstown (and Chambersburg!) in March and will probably be back next year or the year after. I'll let you know. |
22-Sep-2012, 08:38 PM
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| Last week I talked Heather into letting me take Cameron up for his first (non-commercial) flight! And, as you might expect, I made a video... I look forward to sharing it with him in a few years. |
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