Olinger Strip
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Olinger Strip Airport is a private airport
located 3 miles west of Hillsboro
in Washington County
, Oregon
, USA
. Located in the unincorporated community of Leisyville, the air strip is a single, 2000 feet (609.6 m) long runway with houses running the length of the field on the north of the strip.
was started by Bill Olinger in the late 1950s and opened in 1958. Olinger was selling empty lots on the airstrip in the early 1960s for $1,800, which included a partial ownership of the airport itself. In February 1975, a plane that took off from the field crashed 20 minutes later as the pilots practiced aerobatic maneuvers, killing one person. The strip was built on the site of a former hop farm and had grown to 12 homes along the strip in 1976.
. Olinger Strip is classified by the state's Department of Aviation
as a privately owned, private use airport with at least three aircraft based at the airport. This designation allows the county to regulate heights of objects in the airplane approaches to the landing strip. Washington County approved these regulations in 2003, which also allowed for the Olinger Strip and like airports to expand by more than the previously allowed 20 percent.
Airport
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located 3 miles west of Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Oregon
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in Washington County
Washington County, Oregon
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, Oregon
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, USA
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. Located in the unincorporated community of Leisyville, the air strip is a single, 2000 feet (609.6 m) long runway with houses running the length of the field on the north of the strip.
History
The airparkAirpark
thumb|right|Hangar homes at [[Independence State Airport]].A residential airpark is also referred to as a "fly-in community". The word can also refer to a community specifically designed around an airport where the residents each would own their own airplane which they park in their hangar usually...
was started by Bill Olinger in the late 1950s and opened in 1958. Olinger was selling empty lots on the airstrip in the early 1960s for $1,800, which included a partial ownership of the airport itself. In February 1975, a plane that took off from the field crashed 20 minutes later as the pilots practiced aerobatic maneuvers, killing one person. The strip was built on the site of a former hop farm and had grown to 12 homes along the strip in 1976.
Details
The runway at the air park is a 2000 feet (609.6 m) turf strip, which is maintained by the homeowners associationHomeowners association
A homeowner association is a corporation formed by a real estate developer for the purpose of marketing, managing, and selling of homes and lots in a residential subdivision...
. Olinger Strip is classified by the state's Department of Aviation
Oregon Department of Aviation
The Oregon Department of Aviation is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon chiefly responsible for matters relating to the continuing development of aviation as part of the state's transportation system, and the safety of its airways...
as a privately owned, private use airport with at least three aircraft based at the airport. This designation allows the county to regulate heights of objects in the airplane approaches to the landing strip. Washington County approved these regulations in 2003, which also allowed for the Olinger Strip and like airports to expand by more than the previously allowed 20 percent.