Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Reading through the Santa Monica thread, thought I would share a positive airport story. Some of you have made the trip out to my home airport, New Garden (N57). Landing on our runway was always an experience. You could land a Mooney on it, but would spend an hour afterwards looking for your fillings in the cockpit. We have a tireless airport manager (helps that he is young) who has managed to secure funding for a new taxiway, new hangars and now a new runway. New Garden is currently closed as the old runway is (was) stripped away and the new widened runway installed. After it is completed, come on on over and check it out. And take advantage of the cheapest AvGas in the area. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowflyin Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Fantastic an airport is be revitalized! Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaV8or Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 That is so awesome! Out of curiosity, did they give any figures on what a runway like that costs to build? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 That is so awesome! Out of curiosity, did they give any figures on what a runway like that costs to build? There was a fair amount of grading and tree removal done to accommodate the new approaches and meet the FAA requirements. I believe the total project was $7.5M. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201er Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Cool! Maybe they'll get the roll smoothed out and even Peter will be able to make it in without becoming recurrent in one landing attempt! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964-M20E Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 cool maybe when they are done they can come by and do a quickie paving of my grass strip 6" of asphalt would do for a long time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Cool! Maybe they'll get the roll smoothed out and even Peter will be able to make it in without becoming recurrent in one landing attempt! Shhhh... we weren't going to talk about that video showing him doing his landing currency all in one landing. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbridges Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 could your mooney landing with girlfriends well over gross weight have anything to do with the bad runway? i.e. any half eaten ham bones found near the divots? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danb Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Chris what is the timeframe you will be down for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesg Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 49 minutes ago, Danb said: Chris what is the timeframe you will be down for? The NOTAM says closed until Oct 26th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 could your mooney landing with girlfriends well over gross weight have anything to do with the bad runway? i.e. any half eaten ham bones found near the divots? Perhaps, but it certainly was a factor in the engineer's decision to increase the PSF requirements of the new runway. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Chris what is the timeframe you will be down for? The NOTAM says closed until Oct 26th They have 15 days to complete the work. Weather will play a role in the completion date.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Explains the extra long runway.... -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Explains the extra long runway.... -a- You mean extra wide runway, right? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Some "aerial" photos.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201er Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Drone or fly by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneymite Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 (edited) Ah! The dreaded RWY X-ray. I have to mount tundra tires on my Mooney everytime I land on one of those. Edited October 12, 2016 by Mooneymite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Drone or fly by? I think it is a drone. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Ah! The dreaded RWY X-ray. I have to mount tundra ties on my Mooney everyone I land on one of those. It is even more impressive when it is fired up at night. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Remind the student pilots (again) not to land there. We caught some when repaving the runway at my home drome. They didn't notice the big X(s). Commit to only landing without a plan B? (Some form of distraction?) Best regards, -a- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKSmith Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 Interesting to see! My home airport 4M7 is supposed to start resurfacing our runway today and getting the numbers changed from 6-24 to 7-25 (that will take some time to get used to). A lot more work is going into yours tho, I don't know what your plans are but I want to be the first to try ours out! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Looks like the base is being installed.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob_Belville Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Huge improvement! Congratulations. I'll be coming back there before long. (N57 is about as convenient as anywhere - except KPH - to my brother's place in Springfield PA.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Nice angle.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marauder Posted October 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Starting to take shape.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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