Auburn, CA?

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Anybody wanna give me a pirep on Auburn? It's not impossible that I
might be moving that direction from the midwest...

How's the airport "climate"? How is the FBO? Hangars available? Is
there a group of airport regulars that hang around, or is it all just
business?

Thanks!

-Dave Russell
N2S-3

[Robert M. Gary]

I believe I saw an ad for hangers in Auburn recently. If not, Lincoln
is usually looking for airplanes. The weather in Auburn is CAVU 95% of
the time. The valley will get fog some AMs in the winter but Auburn
will rarely see any of it. The runway is large and the terrain is easy
around it. On weekends the airport gets pretty busy. It's a VERY
popular breakfast stop because of a little resturant on the field.
I don't think you will deal with the FBO. I believe the hangers are
managed directly by the airport manager.

-Robert



wrote:
> Anybody wanna give me a pirep on Auburn? It's not impossible that I
> might be moving that direction from the midwest...
>
> How's the airport "climate"? How is the FBO? Hangars available? Is
> there a group of airport regulars that hang around, or is it all just
> business?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Dave Russell
> N2S-3

[Doug]

Auburn has a great airport. Right in town. There are the usual airport
guys hangin'. Nice place. Don't know about hangars or tiedowns, but I
met a guy there who had kept his Super Cub tied down for 25 years,
outside with no problems. Same fabric in good shape. They must not get
that really direct sun, though like Robert said, it is usually above
the valley fog. Guess they don't get hail storms much either?

[Robert M. Gary]

What's this "hail" stuff you speak of?

-Robert NorCal resident



Doug wrote:
> Auburn has a great airport. Right in town. There are the usual airport
> guys hangin'. Nice place. Don't know about hangars or tiedowns, but I
> met a guy there who had kept his Super Cub tied down for 25 years,
> outside with no problems. Same fabric in good shape. They must not get
> that really direct sun, though like Robert said, it is usually above
> the valley fog. Guess they don't get hail storms much either?

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Dave -- Ditto to the previous response. Auburn, CA is a FANTASTIC
airport from my standpoints. Best of all the adorable waitstaff at the
restaurant on field. Not to mention the great food . no matter what
the time on weekend mornings there is always a line. I have had my
plane worked on there and they do a fantastic job. I cannot recommned
it highly enough.

N3437D

[AES]

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wrote:

> Dave -- Ditto to the previous response. Auburn, CA is a FANTASTIC
> airport from my standpoints. Best of all the adorable waitstaff at the
> restaurant on field. Not to mention the great food . no matter what
> the time on weekend mornings there is always a line. I have had my
> plane worked on there and they do a fantastic job. I cannot recommned
> it highly enough.

Based on the second of my two trips into Auburn as passenger in a small
Cessna several years ago (I'm not a pilot), anyone going in there for
the first time might confirm that the runway apparently slopes slightly
downhill heading West (?).

That trip we apparently came in a little too "hot", and I got a very
impressive demonstration of PIO. Fortunately as a lurker I had read a
discussion of this in r.a.p just a few weeks earlier, so I understood
what was happening. Still remember, however, that it was the first and
only time I ever heard my pilot/colleague -- a very straight arrow guy
-- use an explicit expletive deleted.

Also still remember how agonizingly slowly we seemed to gain speed and
begin climbing out, over some impressively tall pines, when he finally
pushed the throttle back in on about the third bounce.

[Potato Chip]

http://www.airnav.com/airport/AUN

field elevation is only 1,500 ft., so unless it was blistering hot, you
should have had nearly normal power.

i landed runway 25 for my long cross-country several weeks ago. i
thought i remembered a slight uphill, thus, it would be downslope for
runway 7. preferred departing runway is 7 straight-out, so that seems
to confirm your thought.

PIO is a bad bad thing.

Jay
PP-ASEL

[Cecil Chapman]

Great little airport. One caution though, at TPA you have to keep your
peepers glued to keep track of the runway because the runway sits on a
slight elevation. Restaurant on-field is good!

I have some pictures of it and the restaurant on my just-for-fun 'flying
journal' at the URL that is in my signature below.

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[RST Engineering]

It is just [sniff] baja Grass Valley.

{;-)


Actually, it is a very nice small town airport. You might want to
investigate Georgetown and Grass Valley for comparisons.

Jim


> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Anybody wanna give me a pirep on Auburn? It's not impossible that I
> might be moving that direction from the midwest...
>
> How's the airport "climate"? How is the FBO? Hangars available? Is
> there a group of airport regulars that hang around, or is it all just
> business?

[Dave]

Any of you guys been to Placerville?

"RST Engineering" > wrote in message
...
> It is just [sniff] baja Grass Valley.
>
> {;-)
>
>
> Actually, it is a very nice small town airport. You might want to
> investigate Georgetown and Grass Valley for comparisons.
>
> Jim
>
>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> Anybody wanna give me a pirep on Auburn? It's not impossible that I
>> might be moving that direction from the midwest...
>>
>> How's the airport "climate"? How is the FBO? Hangars available? Is
>> there a group of airport regulars that hang around, or is it all just
>> business?
>
>

[Robert M. Gary]

Placerville is very nice. Don't lose your engine on final though.
You'll go right into the side of the mountain.

[Dave]

Yeah, there has been a couple down in the manzanita.

My friend Scott was giving lessons in his L-29 a few months ago, and upon
landing his hydraulics went out.

Instead of ditching over the end, he swerved, took out the Vasi lights, and
ended up on the big shale behind the hangers at a 45 degree angle. It took
a BIG tow truck to get him back up. Turns out there was NO damage to the
aircraft. Thank god for that Russian suspension eh?

He ended up saving the plane, and only causing minimal damage. His student
was landing at the time, and had used up too much of the brake pressure, so
he had very little brakes. Scared the hell out of him, but the outcome was
good, lucky, and a valuable lesson.

Dave

"Robert M. Gary" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Placerville is very nice. Don't lose your engine on final though.
> You'll go right into the side of the mountain.
>