|
| If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|||||||
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
March 27th 04, 01:55 PM
|
|||
|
|||
Tour Tours Back?
Over on the student group, I was surprised to see that some towers have been
giving tours for the last year. Since 9/11, our closest Class C tower (Cedar Rapids) has been -- and remains -- closed to tours. Is there a rhyme or reason to this? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" 
|
|
#2
March 27th 04, 02:02 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I've taken students to the tower at KCWA several times, and biggest thing it
seems to depend on is their manager and their sense of sensibility. -- Jim Burns III Remove "nospam" to reply "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:iJf9c.106513$_w.1340921@attbi_s53... Over on the student group, I was surprised to see that some towers have been giving tours for the last year. Since 9/11, our closest Class C tower (Cedar Rapids) has been -- and remains -- closed to tours. Is there a rhyme or reason to this? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
|
|
#3
March 27th 04, 02:02 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:iJf9c.106513$_w.1340921@attbi_s53... Over on the student group, I was surprised to see that some towers have been giving tours for the last year. Since 9/11, our closest Class C tower (Cedar Rapids) has been -- and remains -- closed to tours. Is there a rhyme or reason to this? No.
|
|
#4
March 27th 04, 06:07 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Yeesh. That'll teach me to post before coffee.
That should read "Tower Tours Back?" -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
|
|
#5
March 27th 04, 09:04 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I met some of the controllers from KPNE at the FBO Christmas party last
December. They told me that they had just recently opened up for student tous. Dave 68 7ECA Jay Honeck wrote: Over on the student group, I was surprised to see that some towers have been giving tours for the last year. Since 9/11, our closest Class C tower (Cedar Rapids) has been -- and remains -- closed to tours. Is there a rhyme or reason to this?
|
|
#6
March 27th 04, 09:07 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:Upj9c.106179$1p.1525756@attbi_s54... Yeesh. That'll teach me to post before coffee. That should read "Tower Tours Back?" -- Before coffee, and after...what?
|
|
#7
March 28th 04, 03:13 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Is there a rhyme or reason to this?
No. Who decides whether an individual tower give tours or not? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination"
|
|
#8
March 28th 04, 03:16 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news  4B9c.116761$_w.1371132@attbi_s53...Who decides whether an individual tower give tours or not? Absent any directive from higher authority, the tower manager.
|
|
#9
March 28th 04, 04:41 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
"Steven P. McNicoll" writes:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news 4B9c.116761$_w.1371132@attbi_s53...Who decides whether an individual tower give tours or not? Absent any directive from higher authority, the tower manager. Last weekend, as I landed at the home field (KSNS), I asked the ground controller if I could come up for a visit. He enthusiastically said "sure!", so we went up and spent about a half hour looking around. I used to try that strategy often, and got to visit several towers and one TRACON that way (Santa Barbara TRACON, located at the base of the tower at KSBA). I guess I'll go back to trying it. -jav
|
|
#10
March 30th 04, 05:35 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I took a tour of Birmingham BHAM last year. They posted notices at the
FBO's of surrounding airports with a number to call to get a reservation and had a large (30 people or so) group tour. It was very interesting. They split us into small groups and it lasted a couple of hours. Got to visit the tower, play with the light guns, watch the approach control guys in the basement, and they even had a roundtable in a conference room discussing the details of the airspace and which frequencies work best where. Very worth my time on a Saturday morning. I was just finishing up my private license and took my fiance with me. She got more out of it than I did - made her feel more comfortable flying with me. Plus it made it easier for her to know what's happening with I get VFR flight following, etc. "dave" wrote in message ... I met some of the controllers from KPNE at the FBO Christmas party last December. They told me that they had just recently opened up for student tous. Dave 68 7ECA Jay Honeck wrote: Over on the student group, I was surprised to see that some towers have been giving tours for the last year. Since 9/11, our closest Class C tower (Cedar Rapids) has been -- and remains -- closed to tours. Is there a rhyme or reason to this?
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| The Internet public meeting on National Air Tour Standards begins Feb. 23 at 9 a.m. | Larry Dighera | Piloting | 0 | February 22nd 04 03:58 PM |
| Flying with the Carb-Heat on for a long(er) tour? | noah | Piloting | 15 | November 16th 03 08:14 PM |
| Perfect electro-magnetic storm | Roger Long | Piloting | 62 | November 5th 03 04:13 AM |
| Student Pilot Stories Wanted | Greg Burkhart | Piloting | 6 | September 18th 03 08:57 PM |
| Goodyear blimp tour | Randy Wentzel | Piloting | 7 | August 4th 03 07:07 PM |
Linear Mode
