If you like someone’s post,why not just say so. People don’t give enough compliments i.m.o.

😀 well I am usually very good at complimenting people especially when I am talking to them over the phone or face to face.

However, on forums the format is just different and yeah maybe I am not used to it yet, that’s all!

It’s never too late to say it, but thank you guys for making this forum a nice place to hang out!

I thought how lucky I was that I was up there enjoying the magnificent view from 3,000′. There was some cloud cover at about my level so I popped through it and enjoyed a superb cloudscape for part of the run home.

wow, it’s like your are describing a dream but it’s NOT! I am jealous!

I’ve always dreamed of living somewhere like that, as to the lifestyle and occupations of pilots; I think you’ll find that most private pilots give up an awful lot to be able to fly. Sure there are wealthy people in flying as in all pursuits but certainly the guys at my club aren’t well off, they are just normal guys doing normal jobs who have a total passion for flying.

I’m a guitar teacher, earn enough to get by but I have to fly, a large part of me would be dead if I didn’t and I think that’s what makes most of us contribute to the money pit that is flying.

I often fly into wings n wheels type events (I’ll be at Old Buck next weekend weather permitting) because I think they are a great day out and are what grass roots aviation is all about in this country; but I hope to God that anyone who has arrived by car who sees me climbing out of an aircraft doesn’t think that I’m in some way well off ‘cos I ain’t, I’ve just made the sacrificies that flying demands. Anyone with a national average salary could get a pilot’s license, they just have to have the motivation.

Hello Dave,

What you are saying is really interesting to me and I would love to hear from you more when you say that “most private pilots give up an awful lot to be able to fly”.

Do you think they have to choose between flying and something else they would like to do but can’t because they can’t afford both.
Or is it like they love so much flying that other activities do not interest them much anymore and in which case, I do no think they are really giving up on something, are they?

Welcome to the forum. As it happens, there is a similar community in France, see here-

http://www.aero-delahaye.com/blog/

I have stayed at such a place, at Wellington in Florida, and thought it was very appealing. I think when my chum bought it 10 years ago he got a smart house with a pool ( no hangar ) for about $350 K . prices went up, but have come down again now.

Hi Propstrike!

Thanks for the welcome!
Also, thanks for the link! This is a real discovery for me! Will probably visit the place if I get the chance to since they rent some of the houses for temporary stay…It would be nice just to pretend to have this kind of lifestyle for a day or two 😛

Although the promoter does not give much information about the price of a villa, he gives an the estimation of the cost as follows:
– 60,000 euros for the land
– 1300 euros/sqm for the living space
– 500 euros/sqm for the hangar (garage)
– 200 euros/sqm for the deck area.

+ 55euros/month for maintenance (grass, swimming pool, waste management etc.)

I wonder how big one villa is though…