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Post subject: Re: Phenom 300  Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 21:02 |
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Username Protected wrote: You clearly don't live in a space constrained, populous urban area.... Ha. Peachtree Dekalb Airport. Not many busier. It's less than 10 minutes away
That's closer to my point. The metro area of Atlanta has a substantially larger population/market to draw from, therefore a better opportunity to fill that space when it's vacant, or has space available.
The converse is the case where people use GA because it's substantially more convenient due to the lack of other options. There may be airports that are suitable, but not much in terms of hangars or FBO's to choose from.
I'm only defending the "hangar availability" comment. In rural areas the market for tenants gets pretty thin. Municipalities don't have the financial wherewithal to barely stay open to keep fuel available, and to build hangars on speculation with taxpayer dollars won't fly. No pun intended. Private dollars won't speculate on building a hangar to accommodate something with 50' plus wingspans at KBFE, because pigeons and sparrows don't pay rent, students and Bonanza/Baron do.
Again, I'm stoking an argument, just shedding some light on the "hangar" issue you don't experience at Dekalb Peachtree, or other hotbed GA airports in metro areas. I agree with you point of view in Metro markets. Plenty to work with, but not so much when you get 50-100 nvm away from Atlanta, or DFW, or Napa. (Couldn't resist on Napa, I'm jealous).
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Post subject: Re: Phenom 300 Posted: 14 Nov 2016, 21:55 |
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Username Protected wrote: Fair enough. I guess it's not that easy. I have a hangar at RBW in rural SC too. That wasn't hard to get.
Don't get me wrong, a noob cannot get a hangar at PDK. But if you're already in.... Aviation is funny like that. I get it. I live 90 nm northwest of Ohare. I bought a hangar from a corporate operator that was building new because they were upgrading planes. At the time, I had a baron. I was getting twice the hangar as is needed, but I found sh!t to fill it with. 3 planes later its barely big enough to fit the intended purpose let alone all the other crap. The next airplane bigger and I'm in the dilemma of no options but to build. My only advice to those building a hangar, build it to accommodate the lottery ticket airplane. Anything else will always be too small.
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