Tips on Flying to Dulles

Morgans wrote:


4 or 5 a night? Wow!

Just curious, but what do you do that puts you there that many times?

Michelle is flying for the traffic reporting company in the area. She's
actually flying the same plane that Margy learned to fly in (it was sold
by Margy's instructor to the traffic reporting company owner). It was
amusing because I still had a key to it that I gave Michelle (I had
already told the present owner that I still had keys to it, but he's
a pretty cool guy and told me to hold on to 'em).

Jay,
If you really want to go into IAD, just go IFR, piece of cake. On my big
trip last year we went IFR from TEB-ABE-EVY-DMW-MRB-IAD, almost all in hard
IFR. Potomac Apch was the best facility I worked with on my entire 5k trip,
and they made getting into IAD a breeze.
But, like you, I considered all kinds of alternatives to going into IAD, but
in the end glad we went in there as our hotel was near IAD. Was going to go
VFR into Gaithersburg, then Frederick, then Manassas, then Warrenton.
Warrenton was the closest to IAD but outside the ADIZ. If I remember right,
getting a rental car there was tough, and I dont think the metro went out
that far.
The FBO we used is on the north side of 1L/19R, fairly easy in/out. Got put
on the ILS1L, #1 in front of some airliners, fastest approach I've ever
flown. Rental car place is pretty close to the FBO, they'll come and get
you.
Add an hour (time zone) and thunderstorms into your times.
Later, Chris

Jay,

Don't know how I missed this thread. Anyways, email me a couple of
days prior and I'll drive your family around DC Metro and such. I know
my way around the ground here pretty good, and my car has seven seats.
Haven't been in the air for a little while. Flyingmonk at your service
for the day, my treat.

I can meet you at the Museum or Manassas Airport (HEF). I have a nice
condo in Manassas five-ten minutes from the airport that is empty for
the moment. It has two bedrooms and it is a two story unit. The wife
and I bought it to rent out about three months ago, but I've been lazy
and haven't listed it yet. If you are coming early June, I think it
will still be unoccupied. Yours for the weekend, my treat. If the
unit is rented out by then, you and yours are welcome to stay at our
house with us for the weekend or what ever. Our house is 15-20 minutes
from Leesburg airport, (Insert alphabets here). We have an extra car
for your use, if you want to drive yourself.

Give me a holler before your come out.

Bryan "The Monk" Chaisone

Don't know how I missed this thread. Anyways, email me a couple of
days prior and I'll drive your family around DC Metro and such.

Big Snip

Wow, Bryan, thanks for the incredibly generous offer!

I don't know all the details yet, as Margy is still working out a few loose
ends. We're planning to arrive the day BEFORE the event, just in case the
weather sucks, and I'm not sure if we'll be able to park at Dulles on that
day, or not. (Or if we'll be able to afford the parking fees!)

At this stage, I'll gladly take you up on the driving and lodging offer, but
it's all going to come down to the plans Margy has for us.

Stay tuned...and thanks a million!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I forgot to say that it is great that you are going to be a museum
piece. Most in here are already a .......... I'd better shut up.
Well, looking forward to that day. I went there about two years ago
with my daughter's Kindergarden class. I was one of the Chapparones.
Nice place, but they needed more planes in there, in my homble opinion.

So will you be showing your plane there as well? Who will you be
representing? EAA, AOPA, Dawn Patrol? Maybe I should read the whole
thread first huh? You may have already answered these Qs.

Later,
FM

Flyingmonk wrote:
I forgot to say that it is great that you are going to be a museum
piece. Most in here are already a .......... I'd better shut up.
Well, looking forward to that day. I went there about two years ago
with my daughter's Kindergarden class. I was one of the Chapparones.
Nice place, but they needed more planes in there, in my homble opinion.

There are many more now. I got to watch a Lysander being hung. It's
not an easy thing to get some of these things out of storage, get them
prepped up and pretty and haul them around the beltway and get them on
display in the museum. However a whole lot of helicopters and a lot of
smaller aircraft have been moved in since you were there last. I
suspect the space hangar wasn't open the last time you were here either.

So will you be showing your plane there as well? Who will you be
representing? EAA, AOPA, Dawn Patrol?

We will be representing "Family Flying" from the heartland of America, as
best I can tell.

I've even promised Margy that I'll bring the kids, shave, clean up my
language, and not spit on the tarmac!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

That's great Jay. Tell Margy Sue can show her the mall, LOL. Assuming
that Margy loves to shop. The offer's good, just let me know prior and
we'll work out the detail. Manassas is thirty minutes away, Leesburg
is 12-15 min. away from Dulles, these two places are probably 10 times
(gross exaggeration) cheaper, fuel and tie-downs or hangering. Let me
know what you want to know and I'll see if I can get you some answers.

Bryan

Flyingmonk wrote:
That's great Jay. Tell Margy Sue can show her the mall, LOL. Assuming
that Margy loves to shop. The offer's good, just let me know prior and
we'll work out the detail. Manassas is thirty minutes away, Leesburg
is 12-15 min. away from Dulles, these two places are probably 10 times
(gross exaggeration) cheaper, fuel and tie-downs or hangering. Let me
know what you want to know and I'll see if I can get you some answers.

Bryan

Well, I hate to shop and when I think "show her the mall" I'm thinking
the museums on THE MALL. I hope Jay, Mary and the kids stay in town for
a bit. We should all go out for dinner and I can probably swing a day
off to do the museum stuff.

Margy

*** Snip from Bryan: ***

That's great Jay. Tell Margy Sue can show her the mall, LOL. Assuming
that Margy loves to shop. The offer's good, just let me know prior and
we'll work out the detail. Manassas is thirty minutes away, Leesburg
is 12-15 min. away from Dulles, these two places are probably 10 times
(gross exaggeration) cheaper, fuel and tie-downs or hangering. Let me
know what you want to know and I'll see if I can get you some answers.

Bryan, I think you may have your women mixed up. (I *hate* that when that
happens...;-) "Mary" is my wife. "Margy" is the lady who is organizing the
show at Udvar-Hazy.

You also have to realize that Mary is (God love her!) a pilot, too, and
would probably rather explore the NASM than go to any mall in the world.
But I'll pass the offer along to her! :-)

Also, I think that Margy is working on a deal so that we can park at Dulles
without selling our first-born.

*** Snip from Margy: ***

Well, I hate to shop and when I think "show her the mall" I'm thinking the
museums on THE MALL. I hope Jay, Mary and the kids stay in town for a
bit. We should all go out for dinner and I can probably swing a day off
to do the museum stuff.

I don't know yet how long we can stay. A lot is going to depend on
staffing at the hotel, and what arrangements we've got for lodging, cars,
etc. Since Bryan has kindly offered us free lodging, it looks like we're
set in that regard -- but other things are very much in flux.

Do you have any info on parking/landing fees yet? If we stay for several
days, are they going to crucify us with gigantic parking fees?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"