RV get-together in central Georgia?

[RV8Squaz]

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Hey Gang,
I was looking for a local fly-in to go to this Memorial Day weekend but found there wasn't a whole lot going on in the Southeast. So I got to looking at the "Places to Fly..." forum. Seems like there are plenty of good places to fly and of course eat in Georgia. Fine, it was settled, I was going to hit one of the places listed on the forum. Then, like a stroke of lightning it hit me, a brilliant idea. It turns out I own a piece of property at a residential airpark in central Georgia with a pretty darn good restaurant less than 100 yards from where I park my plane!

Guys I would like to extend an invitation to you to join me this Saturday at 11:00 at Plane Living Skypark located about 4 mi NW pf the Perry airport (PXE). The airpark is brand new, has two main streets, about 50 lots with two homes currently being built. The runway is 2900 x 80 sod strip oriented north/south. It is located in the midst of peach and pecan orchards. In fact we'll have to walk through a peach orchard to get to the Lane peach and pecan packing plant where the restaurant is located. The packing plant also has an extensive gift shop along with the awesome food. The airpark and plant are located 4.8 mi west of I-75 on State Highway 96, about halfway between Perry and Fort Valley, about 10 miles SW of Macon. I will have exact coordinates for you tomorrow. I left them at the airport tonight. I'll see if I can include them along with an aerial phot tomorrow. For now, here's a link to the packing plant: http://www.lanepacking.com/.

Please let me know if you can make it so I can get a head count and give the restaurant a heads up if its going to me more than a few of us. I hope to be there at 10:30 in my unpainted RV-8 . Lets plan on meeting between 10:30 and 11:00. We'll shoot the bull for a while and then walk over to the packing plant about 11:30.

Doug, if you don't mind let's post this somewhere where it could get some good visibility.

Thanks guys, I look forward to seeing you Saturday assuming the weather is good. I'm coming from Valdosta so hopefully I won't get smoked out. There have been a few days the poor visibility has prevented me from flying even IFR!

Take care and I'll have more info for you tomorrow.

Jerry
RV-8 60 some hours
(229) 269-1302

[bsacks05]

Excellent idea Jerry!
I own a lot there also and I think we met at the BBQ last Fall. My -9 was being painted at the time.
See you Saturday.

(478)971-3462

[pierre smith]

Great idea......I'll be sure to try and make it as well,

Regards,
Pierre

[RV8Squaz]

Hello Guys,

Here is a link for an aerial photo for the Plane Living Skypark.

http://img104.imageshack.us/my.php?i...a115069dg2.jpg

The view into the screen is looking north. You can see the packing plant on the the north section of the photo. The streets make an inverted U. The runways are just east of the eastern street and west of the two white hangars on the east side. I say runways because there are actually two runways adjacent to each other, they share a common edge. The airpark's runway is the western runway. The traffic pattern is to the west. The eastern runway is private property; don't land there. The airpark's runway is marked 1L / 19R. It is also marked with orange flags. The coordinates for the approach end of 19R are 32 33.21 N 083 49.63 W. There are small powerlines prior to the approach end of 19R over the highway. Be careful! I don't believe there are any obstructions for 1L. You'll want to park where my airplane will be parked adjacent to the approach end of 19R. If you need any more info, please don't hesitate to call me at (229) 269-1302.

Thanks I hope to have a pretty good turn out for this impromptu gathering. I look forward to seeing you'all there. Please pray to fire gods. The smoke was pretty bad here today down in Valdosta.

Jerry
RV-8 N84JE

[RV8Squaz]

Hello everyone,
Just in case you were wondering the gathering is open to all, whether you have an RV or not, or you're building one, or if you interest in RV's is mild compared to your affinity toward peaches! Just come on down, have fun, and get your belly full!

Jerry

[apatti]

I plan to be there as well. Looking forward to meeting some new folks.

[Scott Will]

If we're in town, I'll try to make it. However I'm pretty sure we're flying to Ohio to go see my sister and her brand new baby. So I might have to wait til next time...

great idea though!!

[RV8Squaz]

Hey Gang,
Just to let you know if anyone had any concerns about the strip or their tight wheel pants... The strip is in excellent condition. I was just there a couple of weeks ago and I just received a report today that it is in excellent shape. You just want to make sure you don't taxi off the runway until you get near the approach end of 19R where my airplane will be parked. This is the only area that has been smoothed out other than the runway. The other areas adjacent to the runway aren't very smooth beause they expect to be building homes there in the future. My wheel pants are very low and I haven't had any trouble.
I did crack one up over a drainage ditch on taxiway "Dixie" at ATL taxiing over a mile to get to 27R but that's another story.

Take care and I hope to see y'all Saturday!

Jerry

[michael2]

If the smoke will clear between VLD and TVI I will be there.
Gerry Chancey
Steinhatchee, Fl (39FD)
RV 9, N92GC

[RV8Squaz]

Hey Guys,
I never imagined this thing to get big enough to require a CTAF, but it's a good thing we have one! Our assigned freq is 122.85 with the callsign "Plane Living traffic..." Remember the pattern is to the west (left traffic for 1L and right traffic for 19R). I listed the coordinates in an earlier post. The field is located on the 312 radial, 4.1 nm from the Perry airport (KPXE). See y'all tomorrow. Please call or email if you have any questions.

Jerry
(229) 269-1302