After two years of working with Architects, Structural Engineers, and Six months waiting for Plans approval.. it seems we may be "near" the plans approval point. We need to schedule a meeting with the Washington County Structural Engineer, our Structural Engineer, and Architect for a pre-construction meeting.
I decided to dig two post holes and place 2 4x4's that were originally part of a Wing construction jig for the former home owner's RV-4 kit airplane wing. These will now be the posts for the jobsite permit/plans for the remodel.
I've done it now... put up a sign to suggest that construction will actually "begin" at some point.
We shall see.
An "Airpark" is typically a housing development with an associated General Aviation runway for the use of homeowners. In some cases the developments can be large with 30-100 homes. In my case Olinger Airpark, also known to the FAA as OR81 (Oscar-Romeo-Eight-One), is 15 homes arranged along a 2000' grass runway just north of Hillsboro Oregon. We are close enough to the Hillsboro airport (HIO-Hotel India Oscar), that we must contact the Hillsboro tower for permission to take off and land from our backyard runway.
This is a photo of me in the "shop" before we purchased the home. Here you can see how the shop was "staged" for a quick sale. There was an airplane hangar attached too... but it was full of "stuff" so the owners airplane had to park outside.
