One Six Right

Jay Honeck wrote:

Ron, you are truly blessed to be able to fly out of VNY. Just curious:
With all those big-dollar movie stars and directors hanging out, what has
that done to airport security? It's got to be tight as a drum -- yet they
showed a guy just wandering, unmolested, out to "the red line" with his
hand-held.

How about hangar rent? It must be astronomical...

I'm sure.

I've flown into VNY a number of times, and I'm always amazed at how well
the controllers deal with the huge amount of traffic.

A lot of the news and police helicopters are based there, tons of
corporate traffic, and of course a varied lot of spam cans with a great
spread of airspeeds. It all works out.

-jav

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 15:11:51 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:


Ron, you are truly blessed to be able to fly out of VNY. Just curious:
With all those big-dollar movie stars and directors hanging out, what has
that done to airport security? It's got to be tight as a drum -- yet they
showed a guy just wandering, unmolested, out to "the red line" with his
hand-held.

How about hangar rent? It must be astronomical...

Airport security has changed a little (obviously after 9/11), but
not drastically. Entrance is controlled by the FBO's on field or
any business that fronts on the runways. In the case of Van Nuys
Flight Center, entrance after you leave the FBO is through a coded
gate. The only other change has been at Million Air FBO next door
to VNYFC... they tied solid canvas to the chain link fence that
surrounds their ramp to keep the paparatzi (sp?) from bothering
their "customers".

You can no longer just wander up to the red line. Even if you are
renting or have a plane there, the airport police will ask you
nicely to go back to your FBO/plane. There is however a great
viewing area that is shown in the DVD. That fronts on 16 Left where
most all of the training takes place.

As far as hangars go, I've never even asked. There is a waiting
list as you might imagine... probably measured in years. Judging by
hangar prices a Fullerton where my son keeps his Mooney. I would
venture a guess that rent at Van Nuys probably starts at $750 to
$1,000 a month. Undoubtedly more for hangars big enough for several
airplanes. Of course if you've got a Mustang and a J-3 and a Pitts,
you're not worried about a few thousand in hangar rent. :-)

All in all, VNY is a great place to fly from. The proximity to
mountains, desert and ocean make it ideal for just sightseeing as
well as a good jumping off place for the $100 hamburger.

It's busy to be sure, but the controllers work the field very well.
I encounter virtually no wait for 16 Right during the week, between
10:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Earlier or later, there is an increase in jet
traffic, but departure delays are no more than 5 or 6 minutes even
then. If you're landing, they just switch you to 16 Left and there
is no delay in getting down. You might have to wait a bit to cross
16 Right if your FBO is over there, but that's not too bad.
Weekends get a bit more busy due to an increase in student training.

Ron

"Jon Kraus" wrote

I just got my DVD today and am a little disappointed with the
performance. The first chapter with the opening sequence is just a blank
screen and no matter what I do it will NOT play. Starting at chapter 2
it plays OK but the subtitles will not turn off no matter how many times
I select "sub-titles OFF". BUMMER!! I was looking forward to watching
it. I guess I'll send them an email and see if they'll send me a good one.

How old is your VCR? I'll bet there is a "programming" compatibility issue
going on.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Jon Kraus" wrote

I just got my DVD today and am a little disappointed with the
performance. The first chapter with the opening sequence is just a blank
screen and no matter what I do it will NOT play. Starting at chapter 2
it plays OK but the subtitles will not turn off no matter how many times
I select "sub-titles OFF". BUMMER!! I was looking forward to watching
it. I guess I'll send them an email and see if they'll send me a good
one.

How old is your VCR? I'll bet there is a "programming" compatibility
issue
going on.
--
Jim in NC

I'm wondering if maybe Jon's player is old enough to have a compatibility
issue with a disc that was burned as either a +R or a -R.

Don't know which way "One Six Right" is being mastered but you might try
contacting the production company to find out and then ask for the other
format.

Just a suggestion...

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ

I just got my DVD today and am a little disappointed with the
performance.

("Morgans" wrote)
How old is your VCR? I'll bet there is a "programming" compatibility
issue
going on.


Is that like - Hey, I can't get my 45's to play in my 8-track?

....or are you talking about a 'problem' running the DVD through the VCR?

....or at 1 am I need to cut you more slack, and you meant DVD? g


Montblack

"Morgans" wrote in message
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Yeah, that was what I was thinking. You said it better.

I doubt that they can do the other format, though. They probably rendered
a
master, then had it mass-produced. I would say just go get another DVD
player; he could treat himself, and help the economy. g They are so
cheap
now, it is amazing!
--
Jim in NC

Fortunately, the disc format is independant of the format on which they
mastered the final production. Disc mastering is simply a matter of
deciding which burner (-R or +R) to use. Mass duplication shops simply have
a rack or six of burners that just crank 'em out. I used to work in a
facility that (back in the days of VHS) had 16,000 VCRs on the duplication
floor and this place ran 24/7/360 so they could crank out a hell of a lot of
tapes in pretty short order.

I'd bet it's worth an email or a phone call. You might open their eyes to a
potential "tecno-trap" that they hadn't thought of. Especially since this
was a niche production on a relatively low budget.

Jay B

"Jay Beckman" wrote

I'm wondering if maybe Jon's player is old enough to have a compatibility
issue with a disc that was burned as either a +R or a -R.

Don't know which way "One Six Right" is being mastered but you might try
contacting the production company to find out and then ask for the other
format.

Yeah, that was what I was thinking. You said it better.

I doubt that they can do the other format, though. They probably rendered a
master, then had it mass-produced. I would say just go get another DVD
player; he could treat himself, and help the economy. g They are so cheap
now, it is amazing!
--
Jim in NC

"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
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I'm wondering if maybe Jon's player is old enough to have a compatibility
issue with a disc that was burned as either a +R or a -R.

For $30, they had better not be burning those DVDs. At that price, I'd
expect a pressed disc, without any compatibility issues.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Jay Beckman" wrote in message
news:tvQmf.8510$SG5.3459@fed1read01...
I'm wondering if maybe Jon's player is old enough to have a compatibility
issue with a disc that was burned as either a +R or a -R.

For $30, they had better not be burning those DVDs. At that price, I'd
expect a pressed disc, without any compatibility issues.

It really depends on the sales numbers.

Duplication (ie burned) is less expensive for small runs (generally less
than a thousand discs or so...)

Replication only makes sense if you need to produce a high enough volume
where you can be an ongoing (ie profitable) project for a disc manufacturing
facility.

Neither process is perfect, it could just be a bad disc...it happens.

(Replicated DVDs are created by disc molding process itself.)

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
AZ Cloudbusters
Chandler, AZ

"Montblack" wrote

Is that like - Hey, I can't get my 45's to play in my 8-track?

...or are you talking about a 'problem' running the DVD through the VCR?

...or at 1 am I need to cut you more slack, and you meant DVD? g

Yes, more slack please. I think I may need to hang myself! ;-o
--
Jim in NC