how cool is that - a tiki-plane ! ! ! - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, Apr 22, 2011 4:22 PM On 2011-04-22 13:41, Kiki von Tiki wrote: Sven and Amy, I'd love to see some more details of those cool maps. Hint, hint! Comin' up On 2011-04-22 14:35, Murph wrote: On 2010-11-29 15:22, Queen Kamehameha wrote: Hi Murph, yes and no, Seward led me to another town with another owner since 1985 I believe. I have my aviation broker Friend doing all the communications as I don't want to bother anyone and the guy doesn't have email. I will email you all the info as soon as I get it! It would be amazing if this plane was still in it's original state... Amy Any new info Amy? I think Amy said the Tiki Bird is in Alaska. The amount they want for it plus the cost to get it down here and fix it are up cost-prohibitive. :cry: On 2011-04-22 15:01, Philot wrote: Do we know if the airfields for any of these developments were completed? There's a site I sometimes browse called Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields, but I haven't been able to track any of these down there. Surely none of these would have been completed and stayed operational the last 40 years? If they are still operational, we should be able find the airfield listed in FAA records. I don't think there were any "airfields" built for any of these Lake developments - most of the projects themselves were not built. If at all there was a basic landing strip, or (most likely) they just used the road.

On 2011-04-22 13:41, Kiki von Tiki wrote:
Sven and Amy, I'd love to see some more details of those cool maps. Hint, hint!

Comin' up

On 2011-04-22 14:35, Murph wrote:

On 2010-11-29 15:22, Queen Kamehameha wrote:
Hi Murph, yes and no, Seward led me to another town with another owner since 1985 I believe. I have my aviation broker Friend doing all the communications as I don't want to bother anyone and the guy doesn't have email. I will email you all the info as soon as I get it! It would be amazing if this plane was still in it's original state...
Amy

Any new info Amy?

I think Amy said the Tiki Bird is in Alaska. The amount they want for it plus the cost to get it down here and fix it are up cost-prohibitive. :cry:

On 2011-04-22 15:01, Philot wrote:
Do we know if the airfields for any of these developments were completed?

There's a site I sometimes browse called Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields, but I haven't been able to track any of these down there.

Surely none of these would have been completed and stayed operational the last 40 years?
If they are still operational, we should be able find the airfield listed in FAA records.

I don't think there were any "airfields" built for any of these Lake developments - most of the projects themselves were not built. If at all there was a basic landing strip, or (most likely) they just used the road.

Post #586106 by bigbrotiki on Fri, Apr 22, 2011 4:22 PM