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Right out of their backdoor, right into their hangar, throw the bags in, and take off. >> and those backyard driveways, well, they back up to a 4,000-foot lighted runway that sits in the middle of the community. >> many private aeronautical communities are still grass runway. they don't allow the type of aircraft that we are able to land here. >> most of the other aero communities are in desolate areas. it's not where you're in the middle of what we have here. >> many of them are one strip, often grass, surrounded by maybe 20 or 30 houses. this is 275 houses. >> having a runway next to my hous...

Graduate hannah lucha. >> it was may 11, 2012. it was an ordinary day just like any other day. we were headed from tulsa, oklahoma, to counsel bluffs, iowa. >> they're heading to a teen mania ministries event organized by her evangelicalist father ron. the friends could drive which would take them about 6 1/2 hours. but one of them knows a licensed pilot who offers to fly them which would only take about two hours. at 3:45 p.m. the red, white, and blue cessna 401 tail number n9dm takes off from the richard floyd jr. airport in all is a. >> we're up in the air for one hour. and enjoying our tim...

>> one of the things we love about here is just the ability to go anywhere. i can grab one of my kids and head to orlando and go to the parks. >> don't have to stop at an airport and check luggage. >> there's no security lines at the airport. there's no getting in your car and showing up two hours early. you just get in your plane and you go. >> walk out the backdoor, go flying, and we're in the bahamas 45 minutes later. it's fantastic. >> you leave out of your house, and you're there, from your house. >> when security means just coffee and snacks for your kids. i mean, to be 20 minutes away f...

♪ >> when deciding where to live, many people want to be close to an airport. but what if your house is your airport? i want to take you inside of an neighborhood that is truly unique. >> the wellington aero club was designed from development in the late '70s to be an aeronautical community. >> located in the village of wellington, florida, and it is a private air-park community. the residents have planes in their garages, in their backyards, in their driveways. >> they may have a helicopter. they might have a floatplane or a seaplane. they could have a corporate jet or an ex-military aircra...

Had a few hundred hours more than the minimum 35 hours of flight time needed to get a pilot's license. he was also still training to fly using instruments only. but he was more than capable of flying his cessna 182 solo. >> i felt he was a very good pilot, and he wants to go. >> when hussein decided to upgrade to a twin-engine aircraft john seized the opportunity to buy his new acquaintance's piper saratoga. >> saratoga was really a very good step for him. but one thing i really told him, i said, this plane is much more advanced than the plane you are flying. it's faster. so make sure you real...