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08-18-2015, 07:31 AM
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The Madison County GIS site says they did sell some lots. Searching turns up enough articles to to suggest the whole development has been a circus, complete with politics, arson, and lawyers. Bummer really...sure would be a fun place fly into for hiking and adventure camping.
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08-18-2015, 08:04 AM
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Jets!!!!!!! Really??
I really want to take the Lear in there to my mountain camp. What an adventure that would be. NOT LOL
Caravan maybe but jets ---ugggh don't think so.
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08-18-2015, 11:23 AM
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I've never built a mountain airport (don't plan to) but I wonder why so much money was put into it and it's got that big SWAG in it. (After looking at the 182 landing on it). Looks like they could have spent a little more money and had a LEVEL or even a "non-humpy" runway. Oh well, probably part of the reason they went "belly-up." Got to admire their intentions, though.
While Appalachian Mountains are not as high as the Rockies, they are still mountains and rugged territory and deserve a healthy degree of respect. In the cooler months icing levels often are below the mountaintops. 
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08-18-2015, 11:58 AM
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BTW, somebody up on the mountain has a sense of humor. Look close at the Madison County GIS tax map above. Check out the two street names branching off Airport Road, uphill and south of the runway.
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08-18-2015, 12:14 PM
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Check out a successful mt airpark
http://www.heavenslanding.com/mounta...te_airpark.htm
We flew 14 RV's in there a few years ago. Jets land there!
Also check out Falwell Airport in Lynchburg,VA
Operational restrictions: LAND RY 28 (WEST) TKOF RY 10 (EAST).
RUNWAY 10 RUNWAY 28
Elevation: 938.0 ft. 801.4 ft.
Gradient: 4.7% DOWN 4.7% UP
We took the RV-10 in there and man was it interesting!
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08-18-2015, 01:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanH
BTW, somebody up on the mountain has a sense of humor. Look close at the Madison County GIS tax map above. Check out the two street names branching off Airport Road, uphill and south of the runway.
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Good observation Dan and quite possibly the words every approaching pilot musters.
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08-18-2015, 02:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Vern
http://www.heavenslanding.com/mounta...te_airpark.htm
We flew 14 RV's in there a few years ago. Jets land there!
Also check out Falwell Airport in Lynchburg,VA
Operational restrictions: LAND RY 28 (WEST) TKOF RY 10 (EAST).
RUNWAY 10 RUNWAY 28
Elevation: 938.0 ft. 801.4 ft.
Gradient: 4.7% DOWN 4.7% UP
We took the RV-10 in there and man was it interesting!
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08-18-2015, 06:02 PM
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Somebody who drove up there a couple of years ago said:
"I was just up there last weekend and "drove" up to the airstrip. The access road is rutted and the runway itself is littered with rocks from fist to engine-block size that have fallen form the excavated "cliff". The north edge of the pavement at the midpoint is collapsing into the adjacent ravine. The approach to 08 involves a carnival ride left hander, since the extended approach intersects nasty terrain a couple of hundred yards before the threshold. They moved an enormous amount of rock to build the place and probably sunk millions into construction. It's pretty clear that the one landing was likely only made to validate it for legal or contractual reasons before it went belly-up. I have a couple of pics if anyone is curious."
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08-18-2015, 08:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanH
BTW, somebody up on the mountain has a sense of humor. Look close at the Madison County GIS tax map above. Check out the two street names branching off Airport Road, uphill and south of the runway.
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Very apropos, I think!
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