Float Plane Ramp & Hangar

[ITD]

Check out Moultonboro airport 5M3, I believe you can land in the pond/ lake next to the airport and taxi onto the airport, or just land at the airport. The airport is a great resource, I met a pilot and the owner there Friday when I landed there for the first time. It's about 10 minutes to my home on the lake in Moultonboro. Also you may want to call the owner of the airport who is there most of the time. He may have some ideas for you. Best of luck.

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There are homes with ramps to the water that were probably put in before all the rules and regulations, some might be adequate for your plane, then obviously you would probably need to build what you need. As long as you don't insist on having the plane right next to the water you may be able to have a hanger with a ramp to the water. The other option would be a dock with a cover over it, which if you purchase a big enough lot should be doable.

Edit 2:

Check this one out, I see a ramp that just may work in the picture, you would have to build your hanger further back than your pictures, but I doubt you'd get something like that approved in NH anyway:

http://www.lakesregionhomes.com/Prop...TIAL&OfficeID=

[LIforrelaxin]

You are going to have an incredibly hard time on any lake in the US more then likely. Shoreline protection and conservation is a huge consideration if that fact.

There are properties around the lake where you might be able to drive a plan up into the front yard, and I have seen that done. But those properties are few and far between.

I know more then one pilot that flies or flew up to the lake. The consensus always was that it was easier and cheaper to fly into one of the airports.

If I was going to recommend a lake that you might have a real chance to get what you want, it would be lake Champlain..... There are lots of properties that would suite your needs.... now weather you could get a permit to build a hanger that is another issue... Look on Lake Champlain, in the towns of South Hero, North Hero, Grand Isle, and Alburg.... Also look up Northern Lights Airfield, the owner of the Airfield has a wife in Real Estate that might be able to help you out.

[BroadHopper]

Is also a lot friendlier place to boat and float plane.

Use to love going to the fly-ins at Moosehead in Maine. Very friendly up there!

[JC150]

Thanks for all the input. I didn't realize how much regulation there would be over building a concrete ramp into the water.

I spoke to another seaplane owner that keeps his plane in the bahamas because he couldn't find any place on the east coast to do exactly what Im looking for. It's pretty frustrating that I'd have to leave the country to do something like that.

I will look more into the lakes in maine though. I think worst case scenario we just fly into the local airport and keep a car there.

[ApS]

Originally Posted by JC150

Thanks for all the input. I didn't realize how much regulation there would be over building a concrete ramp into the water. I spoke to another seaplane owner that keeps his plane in the bahamas because he couldn't find any place on the east coast to do exactly what Im looking for. It's pretty frustrating that I'd have to leave the country to do something like that. I will look more into the lakes in maine though. I think worst case scenario we just fly into the local airport and keep a car there.

If the thought of a non-concrete ramp is a deciding point, perhaps consider a removable "expanded-metal" ramp.

The idea being its DES-mandated removal from Lake Winnipesaukee before "Ice-In".

"Metal Grating" example:



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[ishoot308]

Originally Posted by JC150

Thanks for all the input. I didn't realize how much regulation there would be over building a concrete ramp into the water.

I spoke to another seaplane owner that keeps his plane in the bahamas because he couldn't find any place on the east coast to do exactly what Im looking for. It's pretty frustrating that I'd have to leave the country to do something like that.

I will look more into the lakes in maine though. I think worst case scenario we just fly into the local airport and keep a car there.

Is there any reason you need to take it out of the water?? If you find the right piece of real estate that has some protection from the bigger waves why not leave it in the water??

There is someone on Steamboat Island that does just that. Somehow he moors his plane just off shore and obviously ties it down well but he fly's in and out of his home there. As an fyi, Steamboat island isn't the most protected island on the lake, actually far from it, but he does not seem to have a problem.

Just a thought...

Dan

[TiltonBB]

About 30 years ago there was a row of pavers from the water up to the front lawn at a home on the southwest corner of Locke's Island. I saw the airplane parked on the front lawn very often. The pavers, and the airplane, have been gone for many years.

Laconia airport is so close to the lake in Gilford or Laconia it would seem like an easy choice to just leave it at the airport and purchase a waterfront home in either of these two towns. No other lake that I am aware of matches the quality of water, scenery, and beauty of Lake Winnipesaukee. It is certainly worth the ten minute drive from the airport to your home.

It would also be a lot easier to land at an airport, especially when the wind and waves kick up on Winnipesaukee. The logistics of loading passengers and guests would be a lot easier on pavement than it is on water.

[radar4401]

I don't know if you could put in a ramp or not, but several people fly in and out of Crescent Lake and Lake Wentworth. There is a whole lot of less traffic and the wave action is rarely a problem. Finding a place to buy might be a problem however.

[Kamper]

Maybe get a helicopter?