HiddenLayer5 to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwayimagemessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up1975arrow-down130file-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting
arrow-up1945arrow-down1imageAn "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runwayHiddenLayer5 to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square242fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting
Location on a map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.1486108&mlon=-88.5628734&zoom=17#map=17/42.14861/-88.56287
minus-squareUFO64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 year agoThey are somewhat common-ish if you know where to look. I fly by one a lot! https://mapio.net/images-p/101437851.jpg
minus-squareQuarterSwede@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoIndeed, one of our regional airports has housing with taxi ways to the runway as well. Instead of garages for cars they have hangers for the planes and cars.
minus-squareIbex0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBut I don’t see any planes or hangars there or in OPs image?
minus-squarexia@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoResidential hangers just look like big garages.
minus-squareUFO64@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoLook for shed like things that connect to taxiways. They aren’t huge and don’t need to be if the aircraft is smol.
minus-squareKidsTryThisAtHome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBottom right of ops image (I also see one other plane a few drives up)
They are somewhat common-ish if you know where to look. I fly by one a lot!
https://mapio.net/images-p/101437851.jpg
Indeed, one of our regional airports has housing with taxi ways to the runway as well. Instead of garages for cars they have hangers for the planes and cars.
I see!
But I don’t see any planes or hangars there or in OPs image?
Residential hangers just look like big garages.
Look for shed like things that connect to taxiways. They aren’t huge and don’t need to be if the aircraft is smol.
Bottom right of ops image (I also see one other plane a few drives up)