Posted On September 27, 2011
Daniel Weltzien founder of Skypark Airport, had a dream of a Flying Community where people could taxi their plane to their hangar attached to their home. Concrete driveways and taxiways to the ajoining lighted, full service 2400 foot Runway made Skypark and Skylane Drive attractive to aviators. It’s convienent location,and Great Schools make it a “10″ for strong family values. The following homes are listed for sale.
9056 Skypark Drive
This Contemporary Ranch has 3 bedrooms and two baths. A open floor plan gives you the many options to entertain or relax. The home has a 2 car garage and a 16X20 outbuilding. The concrete driveway connects to the taxi way for “Immediate Takeoff”. The “New” price is $209,900. Call Sandy Chrisant at Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Wadsworth. (330) 335-2560 for all the details.
Posted On September 2, 2011
One Tank Trip to Urbana Ohio (Grimes Field) I-74
By Mike Riddle
Saturday August 17,2011 We took a “One Tank Trip to Urbana”
We had seven aircraft make the 104 NM trip. Weather was fine and visibility was 10 miles. Four of the aircraft left at 0900 for the 55 minute flight. The other three aircraft flew down for lunch. The first bunch had breakfast! If you haven’t eaten at the restaurant you are missing a real treat. A full breakfast with coffee and tax for $6.42. You can’t beat that and the camaraderie, priceless! After our meal we went to the museum which is on the field. They have a B-25, DC-3, Fairchild, T-6 Texan, and a Orthocopter which was built in 1932. It was like the one that flew in the movie ” The Rocketeer” . Better hurry though as they have sold it! We watched a DVD movie on the B-25 fly in to Dayton AFB Museum and Urbana Ohio. They had footage of the actual Doolittle Raid. What a time! Admission was FREE and you could make a donation if you wanted to . They are restoring a B-17 and expect it to be ready to fly in 8 to 10 years. Next year mark you calendars on April 14,2012. They are having a B-25 fly in and have 30 signed up already for the event. Save your spare change for the flight next year as we hope to have at least twenty aircraft flying down for the event from Skypark. The following Aircraft and Skypark Members made the flight down!
Cessna 172 N12526 Joel Kull Brian Dailey
Piper Cherokee N9444W Doug Feesler Jim Sparks Mike Riddle
Cessna 172 N79978 Bruce and Carol Buncher
Piper Cherokee N9141W Jim Howell Karl Buckinham
Cessna 172 N93448E John and Mrs. Quigley
Ercoupe N2636H John Baker
Cessna 182 RG N4776T Warren Novotny and Tyler Wise (Bud’s Grandson)
The next flying event this year is the Poker Flight on Sunday September 18,2011. See the ” Just Posted ” section for all the details!
Good Friends, Great Flying, ” Thats Skypark!”
Posted On August 3, 2011
By Mike Riddle
The Skypark Memorial 2K Run was Saturday August 13,2011. Race started at 8:30 AM. This is a favorite Race in the area and all proceeds went to the Skypark Veterans Memorial. Last year we had 34 runners. This year we had 46. We walked and ran. Weather was great! Think about participating next year. You won’t be disappointed. Below are the results of the race. They are also posted in the foyer at Skypark.
Name Time
1 . Paul Hissong 11:53.52.
2. Loren Talabac 12:01.01
3. David Selzer 13:28.08
4. Geoff Price 13:54.01
5. Tyler Fix 14:16.01
6. Gray Giaconia 14:49.01
7. Matt Fix 14:50.01
8. Justin Palitto 15:05.06
9. Riley Freeland 15:21.09
10. Jeremy Hejnal 15.50.00
11. Nathan Nemeth 15.52.00
12. Randi Breese 15:58.05
13. Paul Clark 16:30.03
14. Jean Griesinger 16:39.03
15. Amanda Richardson 16:42.00
16. Katie Griesinger 16:48.03
17. Shaun Vahl 16:49.07
18. Abby Elliott 16:51.03
19. Barbara Meadows 16:56.07
20. Justin Dolgos 1707.08
21. Patrick Sullivan 17:10.07
22. Gary Underwood 17:14.00
23. Ashley Tittle 17:50.05
24. Tina Tittle 17:57.07
25. Ed Clark 18:01.00
26. Emerson Hamsher 18:54.09
27. Maya Hamsher 18:56.03
28. Buffe Hamsher 18:57.04
29. Matt Hamsher 19:48.06
30. Sawyer Hamsher 19:48.07
31. Aarthi Rao 20:26.03
32. Shon Dolgos 20:27.05
33. Holly Brust 21:00.07
34. Johanna Hayes 21:28.04
35. Mike Gilger 22:05.00
36. Warren Novotny 22:46.01
37. Jake Fulop 22:53.06
38. Dale Tittle 23:18.03
39. Juliette LoCascio 25:22.03
40. Troy Selzer 25:40.07
41. Coleen Nerlick 25:40.07
42. Darrell Clay 26:59.05
43. Katherine Chamberlain 28:03.03
44. Bernard Fry 32:13.08
45. Mike Riddle 36:19.04
46. Peggy Howell 36:19.09
Skypark wishes to thank everyone for their generous contributions. With out them, this event would not be possible. See You Next Year!
Posted On July 21, 2011
Tuesday ten Skypark Pilots made a trip North to the Cleveland Hopkins Airport for a Tour of the Control Tower and Radar Operations. First Karl and Walt(Combined Service 59 Years) gave use a power-point presentation of the Airport. All aspects including a push from the gate,”to cleared for takeoff” were discussed. Walt and Karl covered all Safety issues both air,and ground.All of our questions were answered.I am sure all of us had a clearer view of what CLE is now and what is proposed for the future. From the Briefing Room, we went to the tower. What a view! We observed approach, ground, tower, clearance/delivery operations. All systems were explained. From there we went to Radar operations. Walt panned out to ORD and we watched as aprox 75 aircraft were approaching and were being safely seperated. At any given time 4500 to 5500 aircraft are in the air coast to coast! As a General Aviation Student Pilot, I have always had the up most respect for ATC. and what they do. During the tour, I observed all those things we don’t see and just how much training is involved to keep us safe. A Hearty “THANK YOU” to Walt and Karl for the super presentation and tour.