“Most hangars are owned by somebody who either runs a maintenance business, or is a mate of somebody who does,”
Interesting comment. My strip has 5 hangars and no maintenance business. The surrounding area has a number of similar situations, with just two licensed airfields with maintenance business. Numerically, the Strip hangarage must outnumber the licensed airfields hangarage by 4 to 1 or more. Why not do a deal with a local farm strip to do your maintenance in the dry?
Rod1