I am being sued

[mattpilot]

Swing and a miss strike one.

People are suggesting that he regularly buzz their house, or start a pig farm or whatever, for no other reason than to flip the finger at them.

The wrong way to go about saving your airstrip.

No no.. i'm saying warn him that you CAN do that... should you lose your airfield.

 

[aeronautic1]

What came first...

... the airstrip or the neighbors?

The first thing you need to do is formulate your own departure proceedure via runway heading to say 1,000 feet. Create your own noise abatement proceedure so that if it does go to court, you can show that you are dilligently trying to be a good neighbor.

What is the magnetic heading to your neighbors house from the departure course? Chart this and take aerial photos with blow-ups and line-marking your departure and the relative position of your neighbors.

If this fails, buy 3 automatic trap machines and invite the whole county over for a Sunday morning turkey shoot over what was once your private strip... once a week. Could turn into a money maker!!

 

[FN FAL]

Swing and a miss strike one.

People are suggesting that he regularly buzz their house, or start a pig farm or whatever, for no other reason than to flip the finger at them.

The wrong way to go about saving your airstrip.

No...shooting guns on your property is not the same as 'buzzing' a guy's house with an aircraft. First of all, flying planes is not a protected right under the US Constitution. Second of all, shooting guns on your own property and having friends over to shoot their guns, when done in a lawfull manner...isn't the same as shooting them OVER your neighbor's house.

The war was started already, by the neighbor that filed a lawsuit over nothing. It's game on time...time to get George Hayduke on the mo fo's.

I'm not talking about fly bys and buzz jobs, I'm talking about taking revenge to just inside the limit of the law...to the point where this guy gets blood clots in his stool just thinking about the day he thought he'd sue the Piper Cub off the original poster's property.

Here's another idea, you know those poker runs that Harley riders go on...it's time the original poster signed up to be one of the sponsers. That's right, you will be one of the stops where people on Harleys come by to pick up their poker cards...Choose the ones affiliated with a charity and sign up for all you can stand to have. Just think about it, every Saturday and Sunday, there will be hundreds of noisy Harleys chugging down the road to get to your place to pick up their poker cards and when they leave, they'll be grinding "One for the Gipper".

Make sure you got plenty of catering for them guys when they show...wouldn't want to be rude.

Lawfull and very noisy.

 

[slacker]

How about your neighbors coordinates?

We can send a few formations thru there every once in awhile and they'll wish it was you in your 172. Just kidding, we would never do anything like that, but i know a guy....

 

[FlyJordan]

HAHA, N38* 25.373'', W085* 22.155'' will get you there.
Seriously though, the airstrip is not even completed yet, we got approval in march for me to be the only person that can use it (cause my county is gay) like not just private, but I am the only person that can use it. There is a subdivision about 2000' from west end of the runway. The orientation is basically east-west. The people that are sueing us live way to the right of our climb out. They are at least 2500' from the west end. The neighbors were first. Also the strip has never been used, so they really have no idea what they are complaining about! They just have a dad willing to do a little pro bono work. Also in the approval there where some retarted limitations placed on it, we can only operate from 9AM to 9PM or night. But nothing before 9AM. Also the sundivision that is behind us and a little to the right (where the people live that are sueing us live) i cannot fly over at all. Apparantly when an engine quits the plane falls straight down out of the sky, so I cannot fly over their subdivision at all. Thats no big deal, its a pain, but with a right turning final and a left turn after takeoff I can miss it with no problem. I have about 2000' between the end of the strip and the closest house anyway.

 

[FlyJordan]

And we are being nice neighbors, I mean we have not even done anything yet, and we have never met the people that are sueing us, so I don't think I have done anything extra to piss them off. I guess they are just trying to ruin my plans.

 

[FlyJordan]

grass

 

[Flyin Tony]

Put a nice motocross track back there and me and my friends will come over (you have to pay) and we will get alot of friends for you. I have a track in my backyard and one guy was a d!ck. We would ride and get a few laps in and he would come out all pissed. We had the track up 2 years before he moved in. He would call the cops and the cops would come over and just tell us theres nothing they could do. Then a few months later he stoped by the house and asked if we wanted to buy a POS PA28.

 

[Crimson03]

http://www.vershirevermont.com/

FN FAL is right, legal, effective, and fun.

 

[sqwkvfr]

Then a few months later he stoped by the house and asked if we wanted to buy a POS PA28.

Did you offer to trade him for a few old KX250s?

 

[sqwkvfr]

The only remotely sound counsel so far has been your own; go get a good attorney.

You got something against pork?

 

[Flylo]

Host a prison break

If I remember correctly, there's a prison in/near LaGrange.

Spread a couple of hundred bucks around the guard shack and arrange a breakout for one of those psyco-billy killers to run over and wipe out the whole lousy bunch, including the pro-bono lawyer.



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[avbug]

You got something against pork?

I have absolutely no idea what that means, or is supposed to mean.

The nature of this matter has changed, as the original poster has stated that not only does he not use the airfield, but that it hasn't been built yet. Those filing suit, or behind the suit, have held residence prior to the construction of the runway or the initian of flights near their property, a far cry from people encroaching on an existing airport property who complain about noise.

While suggestions here regarding machine gun shoots and moto cross and mildly humorous in a tongue in cheek sort of way, I find some of the commentary disturbing, or rather, those making the commentary to be disturbed.

This is a civil matter. That is, handled between interested parties with no criminal intent or import...and should be handled civilly, or perhaps better said, with civility. There is no need to call for "psyco-billy killers to run over and wipe out the whole lousy bunch including the pro-bono lawyer." There is no need to suggest retribution, violence, or anything more than obtaining legal counsel and addressing the matter in court...which is as far as it should go.

I'm not talking about fly bys and buzz jobs, I'm talking about taking revenge to just inside the limit of the law...to the point where this guy gets blood clots in his stool

This is not thinking of a healthy, mature, adult mind. It really isn't.

We're talking an airport here, folks. Not just an airport, but a private airport. Not just a private airport, but one that only one individual person is allowed to use. On grass. That is being built among existing residences.

Any wonder that the neighbors might get upset? I like airplanes and airplne noise as much as anybody. Crikey, I used to live in a hangar at an international airport. I don't mind airplane noise in the least. I've been around them my entire life. But the local flight school thinks my neighborhood is the best place to practice ground reference maneuvers, occasionally aerobatics, and yesterday, engine-outs. I don't like it. If I thought I had a chance, I'd put some pressure on them to take it out over the desert, not over my house.

I lease. My neighbors found out leasing was going on in this area, and threatened to sue several owners over the matter. Not over airplanes or helicopters in their neightborhood, but the HOA was going to sue over non-owners living here. The concept that the owners in the area might sue over airplanes taking off and landing out of their residential area, shouldn't surprise you in the least.

I'm not saying you're not within your rights, or that you shouldn't fight, but you shouldnt' be surprised or too upset that others are displeased with your actions. Retain an attorney and do everything in your power to get on the good side of these folks. From the sound of your post, presently you have just a few souls upset...start playing motocross, machine gun shoot, taking revenge, pushing people to the boiling point, and you're going to have a whole lot more on your hands than you bargained for. You don't want, nor need that. It's a civil matter. Keep it that way.

 

[svcta]

Don't forget about EAA as well.

 

[flint4xx]

Here'a thought, go to your county tax appraiser website or office, and get a few months or years worth of home sale records and show that the home prices are up. That ought to end the argument right there.