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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Aug 27, 2008
Description:
If you happen to be near Norfolk, Virginia, head for the town of Pungo and turn south until you get to this 4000 foot turf runway.
(Unfortunately, it's a private airport, and we're invited NOT to land on it because, I was told, their insurance company would be displeased.
Date Taken:
Aug 27, 2008
Place Taken:
Pungo, VA
Owner:
Don Maxwell
File Name:
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Category:
23, Max Pix
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Charles Pickett - Aug 28,2008
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Nice tour Don
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Kenneth Leonard - Aug 28,2008
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Looks a lot like 'Fantasy of Flight' between Tampa & Orlando... Lots of eggs in one basket (hanger) though.
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Don Maxwell - Aug 28,2008
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This one is flight without the fantasy, Ken. Like F of F, the place is owned by one guy with deep pockets, but his philosophy is different from Kermit Weeks'. Apparently, his idea is not to just park the airplanes in a hangar for rubes to gawk at. They all get flown regularly. I think this is where at least some of the money comes from: <a href="http://www.aviationmaintenance.edu/">http://www.aviationmaintenance.edu/</a>
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Kenneth Leonard - Aug 28,2008
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Kermit flies many of his planes regularly, but not all. I'm glad there are folks out there who have the deep pockets and the love of vintage planes. But Kermit let us land a bunch of our Seareys there for a gaggle!
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Don Maxwell - Aug 28,2008
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I phoned the airport manager last November to ask for permission to land there. Said my SeaRey is very gentle, loves grass, and so on. Nope, the guy said. Insurance company would have a fit. When I drove there last week, the woman who took my ten bucks at the door said that they don't usually give permission to land. So naturally I asked what would happen if someone just... landed. Would the police or FAA be involved? She laughed. No, she said, but they'd present that someone with a letter. She didn't say what the contents of the letter might be. <br /><br />It's the best turf runway I've ever seen.
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Mark Alan MacKinnon - Aug 28,2008
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Ah yes, the old 'insurance company' excuse, real or not, is often used when someone just doesn't want to let you do something.
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Dave Edward - Aug 29,2008
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Check out..on Google...Vintage Wings of Canada....<br />Michael Potter has deep pockets Canadian style (-10% ) and all his airplanes fly. You are also welcome to land at his home base.<br />
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Don Maxwell - Aug 29,2008
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That IS a cool place, Dave. But it's in Ottawa, eh?
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Dave Edward - Aug 29,2008
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Across the river ' dans La Belle Province de Quebec '.....it is a must see place for us guys in the fall......if we do the folliage Gaggle.
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