Dad's RV-10
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I'll post this in the central section but please don't limit your replies to only central FL;
I've been casually looking for fly-in community property on which to build a hangar home. I'd really prefer to build because I don't want or need a 4000+ sq ft house and I'd rather not do another renovation and still not have what I want.
Maybe I'm looking for a unicorn but I'd prefer to live near the coast and near a nice town that has restaurants other than just Chili's and Applebee's. I don't want to be 20+ minutes from a supermarket or a Home Depot. In a prefect world, I'd like at least two acres.
What I've found is that fly-in communities in FL that have land available tend to be very far from everything. And the fly-in communities near civilization are already built-up, many with old, large homes that need a ton of work and often on small lots.
So, I'm starting to consider instead looking for property that is a short drive to an airport where one can own (build or buy) a box hangar. I'd like to own a hangar that is large enough for at least two planes, so I'm not interested in renting a small tee-hangar for the rest of my days.
I haven't done a lot of small plane flying in the recent past so I'm really not familiar with a lot of the general aviation airports in FL.
Any thoughts and suggestions on active airports where one could build or buy a hangar, in a part of the state that's not too far from civilization?
I've been casually looking for fly-in community property on which to build a hangar home. I'd really prefer to build because I don't want or need a 4000+ sq ft house and I'd rather not do another renovation and still not have what I want.
Maybe I'm looking for a unicorn but I'd prefer to live near the coast and near a nice town that has restaurants other than just Chili's and Applebee's. I don't want to be 20+ minutes from a supermarket or a Home Depot. In a prefect world, I'd like at least two acres.
What I've found is that fly-in communities in FL that have land available tend to be very far from everything. And the fly-in communities near civilization are already built-up, many with old, large homes that need a ton of work and often on small lots.
So, I'm starting to consider instead looking for property that is a short drive to an airport where one can own (build or buy) a box hangar. I'd like to own a hangar that is large enough for at least two planes, so I'm not interested in renting a small tee-hangar for the rest of my days.
I haven't done a lot of small plane flying in the recent past so I'm really not familiar with a lot of the general aviation airports in FL.
Any thoughts and suggestions on active airports where one could build or buy a hangar, in a part of the state that's not too far from civilization?
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