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Scenic airstrips in the Southeast U.S.

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Scenic airstrips in the Southeast U.S.

We are looking to take some scenic photos of a Lancair Evolution aircraft that is currently located in Florida on a grass field with nice surroundings for marketing purposes.

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We can fly five or six hundred nautical miles if necessary, and possibly more for this photo shoot. The plane is comfortable in and out of 1500 ft and longer strips with decent turf, dirt or gravel.

Does anyone have any suggestions about nice places for this in: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, etc...?
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Scolopax wrote:We are looking to take some scenic photos of a Lancair Evolution aircraft that is currently located in Florida on a grass field with nice surroundings for marketing purposes.

We can fly five or six hundred nautical miles if necessary, and possibly more for this photo shoot. The plane is comfortable in and out of 1500 ft and longer strips with decent turf, dirt or gravel.

Does anyone have any suggestions about nice places for this in: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, etc...?


Look up Mountain Air, North Carolina Air Park. You'll need an invitation to land there, but it is stunning! I wish I knew someone there - I'd love to visit myself.

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Re: Scenic airstrips in the Southeast U.S.

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Scolopax wrote:We are looking to take some scenic photos of a Lancair Evolution aircraft that is currently located in Florida on a grass field with nice surroundings for marketing purposes.

We can fly five or six hundred nautical miles if necessary, and possibly more for this photo shoot. The plane is comfortable in and out of 1500 ft and longer strips with decent turf, dirt or gravel.

Does anyone have any suggestions about nice places for this in: Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Missouri, etc...?


Look up Mountain Air, North Carolina Air Park. You'll need an invitation to land there, but it is stunning! I wish I knew someone there - I'd love to visit myself.

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Great suggestion Capn! Looks like a beautiful spot!
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There is a similar one in North Georgia called Heaven's Landing. I don't know anything about it but the pictures look nice.

http://www.heavenslanding.com/
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Never been there but this place looks cool:

Big Creek Ranch (Sounds like Idaho, not Georgia)


And its for sale!



http://www.airnav.com/airport/GA18
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Great suggestions! Thanks!
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All you need is an excuse to fly out to Colorado. Try the owners of Marble:

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