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So many good ideas. I have flown the 210 and it is a capable plane but not the one I want so it is off the list. If I end up with a single 6 seater I'm leaning hard on the Bonanza. I think I would love the Bonanza... who doesn't? Opening up the whole topic of which plane with friends brings up...

Good points about terrain and emergency options. I got a ride in a trike and I liked it but didn't love it. It was very fast and agile. Of course I could have tried a slower one. I'm thinking more conventional ultralight if I decide to venture down that road. I'll be a more serious shopper at...

Thanks for the details!! That helps a lot about Fly High. He is relocating and I was thinking about it but the location really is just a pain for me to get to. I may train with a friends so that will influence things too. Were you able to try the Scout during training or did you have some...

Shawn... congrats!!! I just read through your other thread... very cool. I have read the PPG bible and talked with several of the schools. As you know aviator is backed up. I''m looking at an aviatior alliance partner along with schools in California and Arizona. I'm having to consider weather...

Glad you hear you are loving it. I bet it is cool flying those in California. Where did you train?? I was thinking of training in California.

Love this! This is what i envisioned before and maybe the future dream continues. You have it sir!! I'll keep researching the sport pilot/ppl abilities with your own land and also airpark ideas. For the short term (next 18 mos) I think I'll continue looking at PPGs.

Being the newbie it took me a while to figure out how to just reply vs adding more. Thank you. I re-read your post and your points about the acreage dimensions was very helpful. I have a lot to learn about land use for something larger than an ultralight if that is the way I eventually go...

Frank... exactly! I want to live where I can be free and enjoy my America!

tawood... thank you. this is exactly the kind of information I want to learn about. As I've been shopping land I have run across some that are adjacent to state/federal land. Yes, I can't land or fly over some of it but it does make neighbors less of a problem. I think a neighbor like you had...

tawood... thanks for the info. I need to better understand the definitions of ultralight, LSA and experimental. I understand ultralights are not as well received at airports but have less operational restrictions. What I am trying to grasp is why would a 2 place experimental be more challenging...

This is the video with the guy launching with his dog. Doesn't seem like an airstrip. If this is a doable dream it just looks amazing. I like how this Quicksilver flys nice and slow and has an open cockpit feel like a PPG. I found their brocure...

I don't plan on needing instrument approaches as nothing I would fly would have instruments... we'll maybe a gyro if it comes with that and engine indications I suppose.

Yea I kind of think getting it registered is beyond what I want. I simply want a field that I could fly a PPG or small 2 person ultralight off my own grass. Off the grid and of course unrestricted lot with not many neighbors is key. The places I'm looking are on the outskirts of the Blue Ridge...

Thanks a lot on the input about land and how the slope/grassy condition plus being a good shape, not necessarily square, is more important than total acreage. This will help me in future land searches for certain! For now I'll put more attention into the PPG training and equipment research as...

Thanks for the input. I found a youtube video of a guy launching his quicksilver sport 2s with his dog in the passenger seat. He takes off from his lakehouse's large grass backyard and flies around the lake. It is a Quicksilver Sport 2S but I can't tell if is the SLSA or Kit build version as the...

I have been reading and searching getting into flying and most interested in learning to do something I could eventually do from my own land (not an airport). I don't have the land yet but I have been looking. I found this website by searching for land to fly from and ran across a pilot...