The Flying W AirRanch

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~The FlyingWAir Ranch of Bushnell, Florida~

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The Flying W AirRanch is located 60 miles north of Tampa, FL, 2 miles west of I-75 at the Bushnell FL exit and about 35 miles south of Ocala, FL.

It has an east-west, 3400-ft lighted grass strip that has been established for 30 years.The unicom is 123.0 and GPS coordinates are N28 41 00 W82 09 49. The Airport ID is 9FL1. It currently boasts a 7-bed and breakfast facility. Fifteen one-acre residential lots are located on the north and south edges of the runway and are going fast.

A unique feature of the air park is the fact that the owner has a small heard of buffalo roaming around the grounds (not on the runway of course)-- this alone would make a visit worth the trip. Also a near-by canal offers a fishing opportunity for the out-doors enthusiast --

Here are a few pictures of the faces, places, wings-- and a petting zoo?-- (click small pics 4 better view)

BTW-- there is currently a home for sale as well as a vacant lot at the Flying W--

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This 1931 Stearman burned 18-20 gallons of fuel per hour to come see us--

Dudley Cullum in front of his Cessna 182

The Just Aircraft People from South Carolina visited the Flying W in April on their way to Sun n Fun. (above)

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This New Light Sport Aircraft is Yours Free when you buy this Flying W Home

Hmmm-- guess I'll go around the pattern a couple times--

The above 3 airplanes, and others, were flown in by The 'Wing Nuts', a group of Lady Pilots

This 50 hp machine can land on water or land and was flown in by Dennis from the Gator airstrip

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65 hp Taylorcraft

A group of Trikers from Eustis, Florida

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Our friend and former Flying W resident, Mika-- showing her spread in Vanity Fair Magazine (Robby looking on)

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This two seat Challenger flew in to the Flying W from Inverness, Florida

Mini-Movies (avi's) here at the "W" (they take a few minutes to load)

A Cessna 172 departing the Flying W (click)

Don's Titan, flown by Steve Flynn

Steve taxiing back to the hanger with his Arrowtug--

Ernie does a take-off in his Ercoupe

Night time departure by Bill in his Moony

Dudley departing the Flying W in his Cessna 172

Dudley leaving again

Dudley passes over the cheering croud--

New 182 departs the Flying W

Two ultralights heading out!

See Ted's machine on the wall of the B&B in room 6

Flightstar returning to Blackwater

This airplane is fighting gravity at the Flying W [takes a minute to load]

Wes takes off in his trike and heads for Zephyrhills--

Ernie's Ercoupe, checking it out before selling it--


Joe in the air with his powered parachute	Terry (forground) posing with Joe b4 departure

Click here for view of airstrip

Two weary pilots stopping in for a rest

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This is Norm, he fishes a lot here at the Flying W. Last year he completed the building of a fixed wing ultralight and flew it at this field-- Follow this link to see what that was about--