This needs to be made right, but Scott, the most important element is the passion and commitment of this young man for aviation and aviation history. I don’t have much, but maybe a lot of aviation admirers like me will add up.
Scott, the man in the ranger field T-shirt, Jared Calvert, what a great voice!!! A great story, sounds like Ranger Airfield is a great asset to be developed.
Find a skydiving event organizer. Hold an annual skydive "boogie" with onfield camping, music, food vendors etc. Bring in outside money for a long weekend. Watch what happens when the local business owners see what events can do for their businesses. Events which would not be possible if the airfield were anything other than an airfield.
Amazing what happens when some airports are overseen by uneducated individuals on City Councils. Most know nothing about the ops, needs, requirements but most of all, what a well managed airport can do for the community as a whole. I hope Ranger prevails in your justified fight!
Great video, thanks for the detailed behind the scenes analysis. Stay strong Jared! The delusional folks blindly fighting Ranger field, need to understand high expectations will never survive gutless low standards.
In Marion County in East Texas, the ground is leased and is not taxed because the County owns the airport property but the improvements, hangers etc is taxed.
I'll add something else also although this may not be the proper place to being it up. Something nation wide needs to be done to protect existing airports. Any existing functioning airport should be grandfathered by law that it cannot be closed.
Here’s a question: what did their appraisal come out to?! Let’s raise the money and buy the place for the foundation! If you put together a campaign for that, you’d have it done several times over!
The government always and unfairly has the upper hand in matters of litigation if for no other reason than their budget for litigation is virtually unlimited as they put the cost on the taxpayers. Truly a travesty.
G'day Scott, That's a funny-looking Stearman you have in the Hangar...; some wicked Thief appears to have made off and run away with the upper Plane, Entirely...! (lol). I dunno why you started this story with a Status Update on where the Conflict is at, now ; when it then took 8 minutes to get to the beginning of the Story. I found that to be confusing. Local Aeroplane Freak flies alone for years oyt of an otherwise deserted Runway, owned by the local Council to a depopulating de-industrialising Town... The one local Flyer works on maintaining the Airstrip, for years, at their own expense..., And then hatches a careful Plot to slowly acquire the parcel of Land from the City Council, enacts that Plan..., and after the Council agrees and signs Contracts, then construction of the Flyer's Visionary Antique Airpark commences, and then, after that...; the most recently-arrived Member of the Council realises that Gifting Land to a Real Estate Speculator so as to avoid the Council's obligation to fund ongoing Maintenance a designated Airfield..., might not actuarially be the wisest course - long term. And, so, the Council suddenly became bedazzled by how very much money the resulting AirPark House/Hangar Blocks all along the Runway "Could" (in optimistic Theory) Finally and eventually be sold for... If, if, and IF the whole Scheme panned out, Exactly As planned.... And, so, motivated by fears of Appearing in Hindsight to have given away too much, too cheaply, the Councilors were swayed to attempt to Backpedal out of the whole Deal - Probably with Secretly cherished fantasies of Subsequently, eventually, restarting the Entire Airpark Idea, In the guise of some benevolent Council Rescue Plan...(?) ! There will be lots of details packed in and around about all of that...; but my guess is that such be the Underlying plaited and twisted Plot Lines...(?). Thus I suspect that such be, more or less the Underlying story. The only Mystery to me Is Where was the Money coming from, to Transform a Paddock with memories of once having had some Celebrities' Wheels alight and arise from there - Once Upon A Thyme......, out on the outskirts of a budding little Ghost Town - into a shiny sparkling 1930s-themed AirPark... (Gated Enclave sheltering a collection of aging mainly Military-trained Retired Airline Pilots and other well-heeled refugees from the surrounding ongoing Urban Social Collapse, all living in a comfortable Bubble of their own Peers - all still sufficiently Cashed-up as to be able to continue to go Flying for the Fun of it - while managing to properly maintain and service their own Aeroplanes...). Perhaps the whole scheme could have been brought to fruition, had it all been begun maybe 10 or 20 years earlier...? Who knows...? At this point, the yarn has most of the Hallmarks of a Sad Story about why pursueing Sunk Costs amounts to Flogging a Dead Horse, Hoping to motivate it into Jumping up to Run again, And then overtaking the rest of the Runners, Intending to thus, despite all appearances..., Finish up being the final Winner...(!). It might take Lynching all the Lawyers..., before having any chance of winning at their Poker-Game....? Or, maybe, Wait a few months though, and Perhaps the currently Gathering Mobs Might just(ifiably ?) Conduct such a procedure - for all of their own independant Reasons - without your having to become involved in any such Extrajudicial Activities... ? All things come, To they who Wait...(!). As with any current Busyness Model..., The Fly in the Ointment Of the idea to set up an Air Park as described..., is the Reliance on a fat happy smug complacent Pool of Demand, all cashed-up and looking for Things To spend (squander ?) their Spare Money on... And, these days, Most Busynesses Are struggling to merely Break-Even, while Continuing to trade. Airparks are pretty much Luxuries...; and in Tough times, Nobody buys Luxuries, but many are listed For Sale. And, In REALLY Tough times...; Possession of a collection of Luxuries, out of town in an open location ; may perhaps in the future, possibly maybe forseeably, cause one's Encampment to attract the odd opportunistic armed intruding marauding Thief, or a collection of roving Bandits...? Out of sight, atop a Ridge, off a Dirt Road, off a secondary Bitumen Road...; my place is truly horrible for flying Aeroplanes into & out of... But, no Stranger looking for Resources to steal will ever be likely to show up here, by chance...; they'll all go away somewhere else, which is easy to see (and think about) from a distance.... Theoretically...(!). It's ALL down to Everybody being, Today..., totally Locked into the consequences of all the Choices & Decisions made in the Past. By everyone who ever lived. And, each from their own perspective, every one of the 8 Billion of us alive today is attempting to do Their personal Best...; With what they find remaining Here now today, Left.... With which they have to Work. Presumably, there must be a lot of Shades today in the Afterlife..., all viciously Kicking themselves in the Bum, at every step - Each on an Eternal Guilt-Trip, as they Behold the messes which they've collectively Left behind them, for all of Humanity to Have to Attempt to Continue to Live within...(!) After the Glorious Profit-Seeking concludes, Leaving mere Wastelands in the Wake thereof....? But, that would be Speculation....,indeed. Perhaps ? Such is life. Have a good one... Stay safe. ;-p Ciao !
It's not only Texans. Watch how many vote for big, bureacratic, bloated government at the Federal level in November. This is not isolated at the local level. It's much, much worse in Washington.
@@keepyourbilsteins See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. If I want a smaller, more responsive and accountable government then I must be an ararchist, tin foil hat guy, or fascist. (Though fascists want complete government control, as do Communists). I want a government which never has a right to claim immunity. Government should serve it's citizens, not fight them or burden them. If that's something a particular government can't understand, then it has no right to govern.
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This needs to be made right, but Scott, the most important element is the passion and commitment of this young man for aviation and aviation history. I don’t have much, but maybe a lot of aviation admirers like me will add up.
Scott, the man in the ranger field T-shirt, Jared Calvert, what a great voice!!! A great story, sounds like Ranger Airfield is a great asset to be developed.
Man I wondered last year why the Ranger plans were totally stalled. We'll see you there, Lord willing. We missed you the last two years in a row
Find a skydiving event organizer. Hold an annual skydive "boogie" with onfield camping, music, food vendors etc. Bring in outside money for a long weekend. Watch what happens when the local business owners see what events can do for their businesses. Events which would not be possible if the airfield were anything other than an airfield.
Wow - sounds like the plot to a movie. All it needs now is an ending....
Thanks Scott. Touching.
What a travesty to Ranger to have squandered the opportunity to have Scott and his wife join their community.
I have come to believe that many do not want their town to grow because it would reveal their corruption and theft.
So sad that this has happened. I hope you win your case.
Amazing what happens when some airports are overseen by uneducated individuals on City Councils. Most know nothing about the ops, needs, requirements but most of all, what a well managed airport can do for the community as a whole. I hope Ranger prevails in your justified fight!
Great video, thanks for the detailed behind the scenes analysis. Stay strong Jared! The delusional folks blindly fighting Ranger field, need to understand high expectations will never survive gutless low standards.
In Marion County in East Texas, the ground is leased and is not taxed because the County owns the airport property but the improvements, hangers etc is taxed.
Scott and Calvin, thank you for making this video. Sadly, corruption like this is not an isolated thing in Texas.
I'll add something else also although this may not be the proper place to being it up. Something nation wide needs to be done to protect existing airports. Any existing functioning airport should be grandfathered by law that it cannot be closed.
Let's check it out.
Hmm, sounds like one smells the old history of Texas good ol boy legal system.
Here’s a question: what did their appraisal come out to?! Let’s raise the money and buy the place for the foundation! If you put together a campaign for that, you’d have it done several times over!
Still want to milk the cows?
The government always and unfairly has the upper hand in matters of litigation if for no other reason than their budget for litigation is virtually unlimited as they put the cost on the taxpayers. Truly a travesty.
Ronald Reagan said it best “the 9 scariest words ever spoken…We’re from the government & we’re here to help” 🤦🏻♂️
I just donated. This needs to be stopped.
What's the airfield's FAA designation on VFR chart, and which chart. Thanks.
F23 90 miles west of Fort Worth
F23. DFW
@@FlyWirescottperdue Thanks, Phil
Sounds like land for housing development,
or surrounding residents have objections.
🛩️
The College next door and surrounding residents support the Airport. Development is not in the cards.
Come out and see for yourself that is not true
Sounds like fighting CA politicians
All the politicians in Ca are on the same side of the aisle. The only disagreements are how much more they can tax the subjects.
Seems more like fighting crooked TX politicians cowboy.....
G'day Scott,
That's a funny-looking
Stearman you have in the
Hangar...; some wicked
Thief appears to have made off and run away with the upper Plane,
Entirely...!
(lol).
I dunno why you started this story with a
Status Update on where the
Conflict is at, now ; when it then took 8 minutes to get to the beginning of the Story.
I found that to be confusing.
Local Aeroplane Freak flies alone for years oyt of an otherwise deserted Runway, owned by the local Council to a depopulating de-industrialising Town...
The one local Flyer works on maintaining the Airstrip, for years, at their own expense...,
And then hatches a careful Plot to slowly acquire the parcel of Land from the City Council, enacts that Plan..., and after the Council agrees and signs Contracts, then construction of the Flyer's
Visionary Antique Airpark commences, and then, after that...; the most recently-arrived Member of the Council realises that
Gifting Land to a
Real Estate Speculator so as to avoid the Council's obligation to fund ongoing Maintenance a designated Airfield..., might not actuarially be the wisest course - long term.
And, so, the Council suddenly became bedazzled by how very much money the resulting AirPark House/Hangar Blocks all along the Runway
"Could" (in optimistic Theory)
Finally and eventually be sold for...
If, if, and IF the whole
Scheme panned out,
Exactly
As planned....
And, so, motivated by fears of
Appearing in
Hindsight to have given away too much, too cheaply, the
Councilors were swayed to attempt to
Backpedal out of the whole Deal -
Probably with
Secretly cherished fantasies of
Subsequently, eventually, restarting the
Entire
Airpark Idea,
In the guise of some benevolent
Council Rescue Plan...(?) !
There will be lots of details packed in and around about all of that...; but my guess is that such be the
Underlying plaited and twisted
Plot
Lines...(?).
Thus I suspect that such be, more or less the
Underlying story.
The only
Mystery to me
Is
Where was the
Money coming from, to
Transform a Paddock with memories of once having had some Celebrities' Wheels alight and arise from there -
Once Upon A Thyme......, out on the outskirts of a budding little Ghost Town - into a shiny sparkling 1930s-themed
AirPark...
(Gated Enclave sheltering a collection of aging mainly Military-trained Retired Airline Pilots and other well-heeled refugees from the surrounding ongoing Urban Social Collapse, all living in a comfortable Bubble of their own
Peers - all still sufficiently
Cashed-up as to be able to continue to go
Flying for the Fun of it - while managing to properly maintain and service their own Aeroplanes...).
Perhaps the whole scheme could have been brought to fruition, had it all been begun maybe 10 or 20 years earlier...?
Who knows...?
At this point, the yarn has most of the Hallmarks of a
Sad Story about why pursueing Sunk Costs amounts to
Flogging a Dead Horse,
Hoping to motivate it into
Jumping up to
Run again,
And then overtaking the rest of the Runners,
Intending to thus, despite all appearances...,
Finish up being the final
Winner...(!).
It might take
Lynching all the
Lawyers..., before having any chance of winning at their
Poker-Game....?
Or, maybe,
Wait a few months though, and
Perhaps the currently
Gathering
Mobs
Might just(ifiably ?)
Conduct such a procedure - for all of their own independant
Reasons - without your having to become involved in any such
Extrajudicial
Activities... ?
All things come,
To they who
Wait...(!).
As with any current
Busyness Model...,
The Fly in the Ointment
Of the idea to set up an
Air Park as described..., is the
Reliance on a fat happy smug complacent Pool of Demand, all cashed-up and looking for
Things
To spend (squander ?) their
Spare
Money on...
And, these days,
Most
Busynesses
Are struggling to merely
Break-Even, while
Continuing to trade.
Airparks are pretty much
Luxuries...; and in
Tough times,
Nobody buys
Luxuries, but many are listed
For Sale.
And,
In REALLY
Tough times...;
Possession of a collection of
Luxuries, out of town in an open location ; may perhaps in the future, possibly maybe forseeably, cause one's Encampment to attract the odd opportunistic armed intruding marauding Thief, or a collection of roving Bandits...?
Out of sight, atop a Ridge, off a Dirt Road, off a secondary Bitumen Road...; my place is truly horrible for flying Aeroplanes into & out of...
But, no Stranger looking for Resources to steal will ever be likely to show up here, by chance...; they'll all go away somewhere else, which is easy to see (and think about) from a distance....
Theoretically...(!).
It's ALL down to
Everybody being,
Today..., totally
Locked into the consequences of all the Choices &
Decisions made in the
Past.
By everyone who ever lived.
And, each from their own perspective, every one of the 8 Billion of us alive today is attempting to do
Their personal
Best...;
With what they find remaining
Here now today,
Left....
With which they have to
Work.
Presumably, there must be a lot of
Shades today in the Afterlife..., all viciously
Kicking themselves in the Bum, at every step -
Each on an Eternal
Guilt-Trip, as they
Behold the messes which they've collectively
Left behind them, for all of
Humanity to
Have to
Attempt to
Continue to
Live within...(!)
After the
Glorious
Profit-Seeking concludes,
Leaving mere
Wastelands in the
Wake thereof....?
But, that would be
Speculation....,indeed.
Perhaps ?
Such is life.
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
Texans saddled with their Boss Hog local governments they gleefully vote for.
It's not only Texans. Watch how many vote for big, bureacratic, bloated government at the Federal level in November.
This is not isolated at the local level. It's much, much worse in Washington.
@@slartybarfastb3648 are you an anarchist or something?
@@keepyourbilsteins See, this is exactly what I'm talking about.
If I want a smaller, more responsive and accountable government then I must be an ararchist, tin foil hat guy, or fascist. (Though fascists want complete government control, as do Communists).
I want a government which never has a right to claim immunity. Government should serve it's citizens, not fight them or burden them. If that's something a particular government can't understand, then it has no right to govern.
@@slartybarfastb3648 so you're a never trumper?
@@keepyourbilsteins You think Trump wants bigger government?