GA in Houston

I have to admit, the BBQ is good at Carls at Weiser... but based on the
mission he posted (going downtown, and needing cars, etc) I didn't even
mention it. Nothing "wrong" with the field, but all the other mentioned
caveats apply: perpetual crosswind, narrow runway, parking (and taxiing)
on sod, no ready stock of rental cars, no around the clock service. But
if you have folks in that end of town you are seeing, who can come get
you... or if you want some GOOD ribs and brisket.. Dat's the place!

Dave

houstondan wrote:
carl's really is good down-home eating. very good barbq and homestyle
sides by the ton. really good stuff.

should mention, if you do use weiser they try to noise abate for the
neighborhood to the north and east of the field so rw 9 is right
pattern out immediately. if you're going north, they ask you to hang a
right over the freeway (290) till you get enough altitude then cross
back over the field. rway 27 is left pattern. oh and one other thing.
on rw 9, the runway starts 3 1/2 feet from the freeway so try to time
your approach so you come in between the tall trucks.

dan

now, i'm probably going to get in trouble somewhere here but...weiser
is the last picture show of airports. many of the best airplane people
i personally know of base there and i think there's a kind of
camaraderie about operating out of this little asphalt crosswind
mostly on grass urban strip.

windsock avaition has a front porch that is maybe 20 feet from the 9
touchdown point.that porch setting is just as picturesque as it gets.
great place to sit and watch the traffic. you will feel the wind off
the wingtips on that porch. it's what you think of as an old fashioned
"field". love it. just love it.

dan

I tried looking on Dylan Smith's webpage (he used to frequent the lists
here a LOT before he moved back to the Ilse of Man).. and he had an
interesting story to tell about that front porch/observation area
located a wingspan away from the runway.. something about the time he
nearly groundlooped the club's C-170 there.. and how to the effect that
everyone in that nice little fenced in area "**** and git out of the
way" (my phrase, not his)... everything worked out nice in the end.. but
just remember that you don't ALWAYS want to be that close to the runway
when students (and some non-students) are doing crosswind stuff.

Maybe it was never on his page, and was just here on usenet after all.

Dylan's page: http://www.alioth.net/flying/index.html

Dave

houstondan wrote:

now, i'm probably going to get in trouble somewhere here but...weiser
is the last picture show of airports. many of the best airplane people
i personally know of base there and i think there's a kind of
camaraderie about operating out of this little asphalt crosswind
mostly on grass urban strip.

windsock avaition has a front porch that is maybe 20 feet from the 9
touchdown point.that porch setting is just as picturesque as it gets.
great place to sit and watch the traffic. you will feel the wind off
the wingtips on that porch. it's what you think of as an old fashioned
"field". love it. just love it.

dan

In article et, Dave S wrote:
Maybe it was never on his page, and was just here on usenet after all.

Actually, it is: the direct link:
http://www.dylansmith.net/c170/badlanding.html

The addenum is that an hour later, I was sitting at that end (Windsock
wasn't there at the time, only a couple of old decaying wooden benches)
and someone came up to me and asked if I had flown the C170 in. (IIRC,
it was Ashley Histand, one of the BAAC's instructors who happened to be
up there too). I sheepishly admitted 'yes', and carefully enquired if
he'd witnessed my landing. He said no, he just saw that the plane was
parked up. I let out a sigh of relief.

I'm not sure I ever told him why I enquired whether he'd seen the
landing though.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"