Comments on: Hunting for Hunter Mt. Airport – 97NY http://www.thejoyofaviation.com/hunting-for-hunter-mt-airport-97ny A Private Pilot's journal. A conversation with friends. Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:10:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joe http://www.thejoyofaviation.com/hunting-for-hunter-mt-airport-97ny/comment-page-1#comment-20 Joe Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:54:07 +0000 http://www.thejoyofaviation.com/?p=165#comment-20 Very intresting blog!! The about Bob probablly hit me the closest as it sounds like mine (and im sure many others) experience!! While I didnt aspire as young and im not quite as old I remember saying to myself im not gonna be that guy that waits til hes 40 to get his ticket. I will be that guy in 5 months. I do fly occasionally with a couple of friends but not as often as I like. ButWe always tried to find an airport we could fly into to go skiing for a daytrip. 97NY Hunter Mountain Airport as eluded us for years as the airport was always listed as private and the contact number was out of service or an answering machine. Jump to spring of '05 I finally drive by the airport no lights not maintained but beautiful location. I drive by a local real estate that gives me an update on the property. Maybe I'll take another drive up in a few weeks to check it out. Bob if you wanna take a ride I'll swing by and pick you up. Unlesss you want to drive and fly to FRG and pick me up ;). Very intresting blog!! The about Bob probablly hit me the closest as it sounds like mine (and im sure many others) experience!! While I didnt aspire as young and im not quite as old I remember saying to myself im not gonna be that guy that waits til hes 40 to get his ticket. I will be that guy in 5 months. I do fly occasionally with a couple of friends but not as often as I like. ButWe always tried to find an airport we could fly into to go skiing for a daytrip. 97NY Hunter Mountain Airport as eluded us for years as the airport was always listed as private and the contact number was out of service or an answering machine. Jump to spring of ’05 I finally drive by the airport no lights not maintained but beautiful location. I drive by a local real estate that gives me an update on the property. Maybe I’ll take another drive up in a few weeks to check it out. Bob if you wanna take a ride I’ll swing by and pick you up. Unlesss you want to drive and fly to FRG and pick me up ;) .

]]> By: Bill http://www.thejoyofaviation.com/hunting-for-hunter-mt-airport-97ny/comment-page-1#comment-17 Bill Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:08:04 +0000 http://www.thejoyofaviation.com/?p=165#comment-17 What could have been a life-altering event in a negative way turned out to be a non-event. For that we are thankful. So, if the weather-gods give us a nice early December we'll be able to meet up at the initial rendezvous at Butter Valley Golf Port. I know I have been looking forward to this flight since Bob initially built a lunch-mission list. That list contained all of the GA airports with on-field eateries within a reasonable flying time of both of our base airports. And, my sincere thanks are extended to Bob for re-igniting the flying spark last November. My co-pilot (wife) picked up on that enthusiasm and fanned the flames a bit more - with a Christmas gift certificate for a War Bird ride. I cashed in that certificate last May - got to handle the controls of an A6 Texan for a half an hour - and decided I needed to find a CFI. Now I've got the new (old) Ercoupe, a fresh BFR...and am a bit reminiscent of the old Gene Autry song, "Back In The Saddle." What could have been a life-altering event in a negative way turned out to be a non-event. For that we are thankful. So, if the weather-gods give us a nice early December we’ll be able to meet up at the initial rendezvous at Butter Valley Golf Port. I know I have been looking forward to this flight since Bob initially built a lunch-mission list. That list contained all of the GA airports with on-field eateries within a reasonable flying time of both of our base airports.

And, my sincere thanks are extended to Bob for re-igniting the flying spark last November. My co-pilot (wife) picked up on that enthusiasm and fanned the flames a bit more – with a Christmas gift certificate for a War Bird ride. I cashed in that certificate last May – got to handle the controls of an A6 Texan for a half an hour – and decided I needed to find a CFI. Now I’ve got the new (old) Ercoupe, a fresh BFR…and am a bit reminiscent of the old Gene Autry song, “Back In The Saddle.”

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