Airpark Gets Tie-downs - August 31st, 2007

Airpark Estates at Legado
Northern Nevada’s Premier Fly-in Community Gets Tie-downs

Airpark Estates is a fabulous fly-in neighborhood located in the masterfully planned community of Legado in Dayton, Nevada. With beautifully designed homes, custom lots and private hangars with direct access to Dayton Valley Airpark’s 75’ x 5,400’ paved runway, this exclusive neighborhood attracts pilots and their families from around the country. Now tie-downs are being added at the East end of the runway allowing visiting pilots the opportunity to secure their plane while they visit friends, dine at the clubhouse or play a round of golf. A convenient electric powered tow bar will also be onsite.
Current Airpark Estates residents are excited that their pilot friends will have the security of tie-downs when they visit.
Mike and Pat Horejsi were looking for a second home when Mike saw a newspaper ad for a custom home at Airpark Estates with a private hangar.
“My husband likes Nevada and the lure of owning a home with its own hangar right behind it was too much to resist--and it was such a good buy,” said Pat.
“We had looked at a similar place in Placerville, CA, but the homeowners there had to drive down the street to get to the hangars, and Airpark Estates at Legado has its own air strip so we can taxi right to it from our back door,” she said.
It will only take them an hour to fly from their Bay Area home to their Airpark Estates home at Legado.
“Mike is very excited about the new location,” she said. “He says it still has a country feel to it.”
Sandy Duncan and her husband, Spike, have lived in the area almost 10 years. Together, they built their four-passenger Velocity from a kit, a project which took them almost five years to complete.
One of the things she likes best about living in the Legado community is the camaraderie of the neighbors.
“When you move in, you immediately have a common interest with most of your neighbors,” said Sandy, who is the current president of the Airpark Estates Home Owners Association.
“Many times, one of the neighbors will have a party and invite the whole neighborhood--it really is a closely knit community.”
She also likes the freedom living in Airpark Estates gives the two of them.
“It is pretty amazing to have our hangar right at our house so we can just open the hangar door and go. You don’t have to spend time driving to the (commercial) airport and going through all that,” she said.
“Our plane goes relatively fast, and while it’s slower, of course, than a commercial plane, a flight halfway across the country is door-to-door about the same amount of time you’d spend flying commercially and it’s a lot more fun in your own airplane.”
Self-described “escapees from the crowds and traffic in California,” the couple enjoys their Dayton Valley lifestyle.
“The sky is so clear and you can see all those stars at night,” said Sandy.
“And it’s funny, but it’s like a little ‘banana belt’ here--Dayton will be sunny and all around it will be clouds. When the big snow happened a few years ago, Carson City got three or four feet of snow, we got three or four inches.”
Along with the advantage and ease of having your own hangar next to your beautiful Airpark Estates home, residents also enjoy the Legado clubhouse with five star dining and the challenging Arnold Palmer designed championship golf course. And, with the snow capped Sierra and the crystal blue waters of Lake Tahoe only minutes away, life at Legado has loads to offer whether in the air, on the slopes, sailing Lake Tahoe, hiking, biking or just relaxing with friends in the clubhouse – there’s always something to do in the community where playtime never ends.
For more information on homes up to 3,600 sq. ft. and custom lots at Airpark Estates call 775-246-4443 or visit www.livelegado.com. The sales center is open Monday from 2 – 6 p.m. and Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Call ahead to arrange to fly-in and receive a private tour.

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