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An "airport neighbourhood" where people can store their planes in their yard and taxi directly to the runway (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/mildlyinteresting

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[–] icedterminal 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course they're not using it to commute daily. You even pointed out in your first sentence: It's a hobby.

Someone else in this thread also mentions that many small aircraft have multiple "owners" who share it. Just like timeshare vacation property. Everyone who is part in it, shares the cost of maintenance. This makes it even cheaper. This counters your statement of:

that's not saving you any money, it's likely costing you significantly more in storage fees, etc.

It can in fact be cheaper going this route.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People who live in a community where you can store your airplane in a garage and then commute from your garage to the runway aren't going to partially own a plane. What would be the point in having that kind of a property but not being able to use it because you only got to see your plane one week per month?

Not every private pilot has a $100k hobby, but anybody who buys a house with a taxiway going up to it almost certainly owns their own plane, and their hobby is not cheap.

[–] icedterminal 0 points 1 year ago

People who live in a community where you can store your airplane in a garage and then commute from your garage to the runway aren't going to partially own a plane.

That's where you'd be wrong. Many are shared. Just because one of the owners lives beside the runway doesn't mean it's solely theirs. I'm not the only one to say this. https://lemmy.world/comment/3346098

What would be the point in having that kind of a property but not being able to use it because you only got to see your plane one week per month?

Save money first and foremost. It's a win-win situation for all parties involved. And one week per month is a lot of time. You don't know what the arrangement is for those involved. The time share could be wildly different depending on each pilots desires.