Tangier Island - Chesapeake Bay

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:39:50 GMT, Maule Driver
wrote:

Well, we finally made it to Tangier Island. A great place to visit in a
plane - I'm not sure I'd want to take the ferry there unless I had some
real business out there.

Does it still have the big hump in the runway 1/3 of the way from the
north end? What about the guy in the little shack collecting the $3
landing fee?

The big hump? I probably stopped before reaching it. Clear approach,
wind down the runway, Maule....

$3!!! He charged me $5. At least that's what he asked for. Then after
dropping off the bikes, my wife kept reminding to go back and pay the
rental. I think he was too embarrassed to ask since none of them were
in decent working order.

He could have asked for $25 and I wouldn't have minded. Just glad to
have an interesting aviation destination when I needed one.

DonSideB wrote:
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:39:50 GMT, Maule Driver
wrote:


Well, we finally made it to Tangier Island. A great place to visit in a
plane - I'm not sure I'd want to take the ferry there unless I had some
real business out there.


Does it still have the big hump in the runway 1/3 of the way from the
north end? What about the guy in the little shack collecting the $3
landing fee?

Maule Driver wrote:
The big hump? I probably stopped before reaching it. Clear approach,
wind down the runway, Maule....

I didn't realize it was there, either. I understand that you *really* notice it
on takeoff -- sort of like a hitting a ski jump. I was probably 100' up by that
time.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.

"DonSideB" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 21:39:50 GMT, Maule Driver
wrote:

Well, we finally made it to Tangier Island. A great place to visit in a
plane - I'm not sure I'd want to take the ferry there unless I had some
real business out there.

Does it still have the big hump in the runway 1/3 of the way from the
north end?

Several humps. The good news is that the VA Dept of Aviation has approved
funds for a runway resurfacing.

What about the guy in the little shack collecting the $3
landing fee?

$5 now.