How about parachuting onto nearby, mostly unoccupied Timber Island, which is in Gilford and very close to the airport and also not in the line of approach. In the past, the airspace above Timber Island has been repeatedly used by an old yellow bi-plane to do aerial manuevers like dips-flips-stalls-recoveries......great to watch.
About 130 acres of Timber Island are classified 'in current use' by Gilford and pay little property tax, as well as having its' use controlled by a conservation easement. Is it possible that landing parachutists is an accepted use under the easement and could be welcome by the property owners?
Lots of luck with all the trees
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On second thought...how about landing on the unused parking lot down beyond the Gilford Lowes and the pizza restaurant....plenty open space down there....and then bicycle back to the airport. Didn't the British train parachutists to carry BSA folding bicycles in the war!
if they stop in for an occassional pizza & beer, then this could be a plan welcome by everyone including Flyguy Bill.