Houston'ers- EYQ or IWS?

In article , Dylan Smith wrote:
In article , Shawn wrote:
I'd appreciate some recommendations/preferences in terms of quality of
service, ease of pattern/landing, fuel/tie-down $, friendliness, drive
time, etc.

If you want to meet some newsgroup people, at least a couple of them
hang out at Weiser. It also has a great little BBQ place to recharge
after a long flight.

None of the non-Class-B fields are real busy except for DWH. There's
not much on the NE side except IAH. For friendliness, you can't
beat EYQ or Williams (I don't know the ID for it).

If Hobby is closest to your destination, I'd give it serious consideration.
They have a flight school on the field, so the controllers are used to
dealing with people who aren't, well, professional pilots. It's not
bad, as far as Class B's go.

I'm based at EYQ. If you email me with more info about where in Houston
you're trying to get to, I can probably be more helpful.

Tina Marie
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On 2004-06-14 14:13:53 +0800, Dave S said:

Weiser, while a great lunch spot, has a narrow asphalt runway,
perpetual crosswind, short final over fenced in school buses and
essentially all parking is on grass, not to mention you back taxi on
the grass IMMEDIATELY adjacent to the runway if its busy

That's exactly why I loved Weiser. It made you think about your flying,
made you learn about crosswinds (and go-arounds....) and be precise in
your flying (think lights off night landings with an instructor, which
was a lot more fun that I thought it would be). Weiser is the nearest
you'll get to an 'old time' airfield around there.

I loved flying there, and I miss it, and the folks at MVP Aero very
much. Here in Brunei, there is 1 (count them, you only need a single
character in binary) private hire aircraft in the country. Weiser is
30-45 minutes from downtown unless you're in the rush hour. I lived in
the museum district and could get there in 30 minutes if the roads were
clear. One other field you might try is LaPorte on the east side. Only
take about 20 minutes to get where you're staying. Another small place,
but if you've ever fancied playing acro or tailwheel, Harvey Rign
aviation is the place to go.

good luck,

Justin.