pilotyip
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I have a life, it centers around KYIP where I have my airplane based so I can do flight instruction, where I fly for USA Jet, and where I fly the war birds on the air show circuit in the summer. Still living a childhood dream. Not that I though I would end up at KYIP, but it has been a ball and I would change very little. I count myself a truly lucky. BTW You know to an under performing school if you are motivated and hard working can have its advantages, my granddaughter graduated from Belleville High School. Top 10 in a class of over 600, 4.0+ GPA, Captain of girls. Cross country and Volleyball teams, editor of the school newspaper, and president of the National honor Society. Wrote a 29 ACT, accepted at every college she applied to, had numerous scholarship offers, including a NROTC at U of M which she turned down, now with regrets, because of the military obligation after college on a boat somewhere. I told her she missed one of the most fantastic adventures of the life.Since it appears you like big airports and the communities that surround them...have you looked into living in Romulus next to DTW? Some nice prize-winning neighborhoods round' there huh?
I bet their school system is top-notch too.
Belleville used to be an OK place to reside 25 years ago if you happened to fly for one of the bottom feeders at YIP while you were paying your dues. Now, with the exception of the lake-shore property, it is a slum. Their schools are a mess as well.
I'll take Ann Arbor any day of the week. The animosity the city has toward the airport stems from an FAA expansion study done some years back that called for turning it into a huge "reliever" facility. Back then Connie was bringing DC8s and even Forty-Sevens into YIP daily. The city of Ann Arbor did not want any part of that, just as the city of Canton didn't want any part of a huge cargo expansion plan at YIP. I don't blame them one bit.
Take a look at any neighborhood in the country that surrounds a big airport and you will get the drift. Property values plummet and it essentially becomes industrial wasteland.
Face the facts pilotyip...not everyone loves airplanes as much as you and most pilots after they reach a certain age have bigger priorities outside of aviation.
Get a life...