General Aviation

AllAbourdon · 01-06-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Neko

I also spent a lot of time at Tew-Mac and did my sole there. Never got my due to a heart attack.
I loved to fly the TR2 trainers there were a great little plane.

Who was your instructor at TewMac? I still see some of the guys from there a couple of times a year.

I recently went to a rehearsal dinner for my friends wedding at the Tewksbury Country club which sits right where the old runway was.

This website has some history about some of the closed airports with some good photographs. Tew-Mac included!

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...ields_MA_C.htm

dbahn · 01-06-2011, 01:06 PM

Hi. I'm one of the guys that flies into the ice airport for the past years, so far just in my Piper J3. I also have a Cessna 206 that my wife and I flew from Vermont to Alaska with a motorcycle in the back and I just this past year got my CFI (flight instructor rating) and SES (seaplane rating) and shortly after that bought a share of a Piper Super Cruiser on floats that we are leasing to an operation in Florida in the winter and to one in Vermont in the summer. A group of us looks forward to your Winter Carnival every year, and we usually manage another trip or two around the Carnival where we just fly in for breakfast. Last year one of our internet buddies flew in from Kansas for it, and she's planning to come again this year.

I'd say that Ironfish has an excellent synopsis of flying as a hobby, posted earlier. I would add that "getting there faster" is often wishful thinking and a little bit of rationalization that all pilots, including me, gladly do to justify the cost of pursuing the hobby. When you really calculate the time from door-to-door, including the time spent getting the airplane ready and putting it away, plus time ground transportation (which can be a big factor) you'll often find that it's more practical to drive, even though it's a lot less fun.

I often tell people that the "practical service area" for a typical airplane is shaped like a donut around your house. The area close to your house is faster to drive, the donut itself might be practical to fly yourself, then outside the donut it's considerably more practical to fly commercially.

P.S. Here's a link to our Alaska Trip and one to our new seaplane endeavor. And if you're still interested, a little video we made last year of flying over to Isle au Haut, Maine, and landing on the ice. (The video is at the bottom of the page.)

So I'm rambling a bit, because I actually dropped in to see if anyone knew for sure when the Winter Carnival will be. Paul thinks it will be February 20th, but some of the crew doesn't want to make hotel reservations until the date is more definite. Anyone know?

hancoveguy · 01-06-2011, 08:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AllAbourdon

Who was your instructor at TewMac? I still see some of the guys from there a couple of times a year.

I recently went to a rehearsal dinner for my friends wedding at the Tewksbury Country club which sits right where the old runway was.

This website has some history about some of the closed airports with some good photographs. Tew-Mac included!

http://members.tripod.com/airfields_...ields_MA_C.htm

I dont mean to derail this topic but I was at Tew-Mac during the 80's as well. What a great airport. Got my first taste of flying through Civil Air Patrol there. Met my wife (19 years ago) through working there part time for a summer.

Would be nice if M Boro airport rekindled some of that for us in the lakes region...

HCG

AllAbourdon · 01-07-2011, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by hancoveguy

I dont mean to derail this topic but I was at Tew-Mac during the 80's as well. What a great airport. Got my first taste of flying through Civil Air Patrol there. Met my wife (19 years ago) through working there part time for a summer.

Would be nice if M Boro airport rekindled some of that for us in the lakes region...

HCG

My father, John, met my mother through CAP in Tewksbury sometime in the 70's. He and Ron Emond operated Air Direct Airways out of there until the airport closed.

The business has since moved over to Nashua where Ron still operates.

01-06-2011, 01:06 PM	#2
dbahn Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mendon, Vermont Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Hi. I'm one of the guys that flies into the ice airport for the past years, so far just in my Piper J3. I also have a Cessna 206 that my wife and I flew from Vermont to Alaska with a motorcycle in the back and I just this past year got my CFI (flight instructor rating) and SES (seaplane rating) and shortly after that bought a share of a Piper Super Cruiser on floats that we are leasing to an operation in Florida in the winter and to one in Vermont in the summer. A group of us looks forward to your Winter Carnival every year, and we usually manage another trip or two around the Carnival where we just fly in for breakfast. Last year one of our internet buddies flew in from Kansas for it, and she's planning to come again this year. I'd say that Ironfish has an excellent synopsis of flying as a hobby, posted earlier. I would add that "getting there faster" is often wishful thinking and a little bit of rationalization that all pilots, including me, gladly do to justify the cost of pursuing the hobby. When you really calculate the time from door-to-door, including the time spent getting the airplane ready and putting it away, plus time ground transportation (which can be a big factor) you'll often find that it's more practical to drive, even though it's a lot less fun. I often tell people that the "practical service area" for a typical airplane is shaped like a donut around your house. The area close to your house is faster to drive, the donut itself might be practical to fly yourself, then outside the donut it's considerably more practical to fly commercially. P.S. Here's a link to our Alaska Trip and one to our new seaplane endeavor. And if you're still interested, a little video we made last year of flying over to Isle au Haut, Maine, and landing on the ice. (The video is at the bottom of the page.) So I'm rambling a bit, because I actually dropped in to see if anyone knew for sure when the Winter Carnival will be. Paul thinks it will be February 20th, but some of the crew doesn't want to make hotel reservations until the date is more definite. Anyone know? __________________ Dave Rutland, VT