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Where do you find places to fly?
Here we sit, with a scheduled afternoon off, an airplane full of gas
-- and no plans. It's gonna be hotter than blazes, so we don't want to do our "Schmooze the FBO and have a picnic in the grass" thing (that we do when we want to spread the Good Word about our aviation-themed hotel to an airport that doesn't have a restaurant) -- we're gonna need food, preferably in airconditioned comfort. I've used http://www.funplacestofly.com/ in the past to find cool stuff to do, and our state website does SOME of this kind of stuff -- but what do you use to find fun places to fly? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Where do you find places to fly?
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com... but what do you use to find fun places to fly? -- Jay Honeck I wait for you to post about your trips... ------------------------------- Travis Lake N3094P PWK |
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Where do you find places to fly?
Travis Marlatte wrote:
I wait for you to post about your trips... Yeah...I wish Jay would do more flying out here on the Left Coast so he could scout out some good spots! :-) |
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Where do you find places to fly?
Yeah...I wish Jay would do more flying out here on the Left Coast so he
could scout out some good spots! :-) Well, no Left Coast -- but we DID end up flying to Quincy, Illinois today. (Yep, the same airport where the airliner and commuter met at intersecting runways a few years ago, with disastrous results.) Why Quincy? Two reasons: a. Lower wind velocity. With temps in the upper 90s, the wind really kicked up today, and we were taking a first-timer with us. (Joe's away at wrestling camp.) The TAFs for Quincy showed no gusts predicted -- and they were right. b. FOOD. The on-field restaurant is under new ownership, and we wanted to try it out. Our passenger (a friend of our daughters) had never, EVER flown before. Not just never in a small plane -- never, period. In my experience, this is dicey with anyone over age ten, especially on a hot, sticky, windy day. Needless to say, Mary and I were extremely careful in flight, and I made sure to place BIG plastic bags in the seat backs, for easy access. No worries -- she was a real natural. She gave out a little whoop when we took off, looked out the window for a few minutes -- and then started playing "Go Fish" with my daughter! I was actually kinda disappointed at her blase reaction, but I guess this is better than getting sick in the plane... It was a beautiful flight. Once at altitude, the temps were quite comfortable, and -- despite the wind and heat -- it was surprisingly smooth. Our passenger got a kick out of seeing the Mississippi River, and was surprised when she couldn't see cars on the freeway. I don't think she quite grasped that we were over a mile high, but that's probably okay. The new restaurant on the field is nice (called "Tailwinds"), and the food was awesome. Quite affordable too -- but just don't be in too much of a hurry. We waited 45 minutes for (what we thought was) pretty basic sandwiches. And the mysterious Russian jet fighters are still sitting on the ramp in Quincy. We haven't been there in a several years, and they are still sitting there, waiting for...a buyer? Who knows? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Where do you find places to fly?
On Jul 8, 11:01 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
Why Quincy? Two reasons: The new restaurant on the field is nice (called "Tailwinds"), and the food was awesome. Quite affordable too -- but just don't be in too much of a hurry. We waited 45 minutes for (what we thought was) pretty basic sandwiches. I'm pretty sure its been called Tailwinds for a long time. At least for the last year since I was up there last.... Let's see.. digging in my log book... UIN, UIN, UIN.. oh my has it been that long? Ok, wow it has been a long time since I went to UIN, lets see over 2 whole years! And the mysterious Russian jet fighters are still sitting on the ramp in Quincy. We haven't been there in a several years, and they are still sitting there, waiting for...a buyer? Who knows? I thought they were "owned?" as part of that maintenance shop right across the ramp from them. The one that usually has an L-39 sitting out front decked out to the 9's. There's a husband and wife that had a huge challenger jet nearby as well. Story I heard from the FBO was that he had his hangar door wired into a garage door opener so he could open it up and taxi in from the cockpit. Brian |
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Where do you find places to fly?
Jack Allison wrote:
Travis Marlatte wrote: I wait for you to post about your trips... Yeah...I wish Jay would do more flying out here on the Left Coast so he could scout out some good spots! :-) It occurred to me that a wiki might be good to collect information about places to fly (similar to Wikipedia). I have been working on and off on setting it up. You can try it out at http://www.aviawiki.com Jay was kind enough to give me permission to use the information he collected about fly in museums, so most of them are now in there. Using a wiki means that anybody can add and edit pages - so if information is incorrect, incomplete etc. you can simply click "Edit" and change it. My general idea was to encourage people to get out and go flying by providing ideas for interesting places to go. Entries are welcome about: - Airports - Flying stories and photos - Aviation museums - Any kind of fly in destination Entries can have latitude/longitude information, which means you can search for other entries within a certain radius. Businesses are welcome to set up a page about their business, as long as they are pilot friendly e.g. Alexis Park Inn & Suites. They should be located at or near an airport, and provide information about how to get there from the airport when arriving by air i.e. no car. A wiki has a few benefits compared to other websites: - Anybody can add or edit information, so if you see something that is incorrect or out of date you can simply click on the Edit tab and change it. A history of each page is kept, so vandalism can be easily removed. - It is very easy to create links to new or existing pages. All you do is surround text with [[ ]] to make it a link. There is a "What links here" function, so from an airport entry you can find other articles eg. trip stories that link to an airport. The website is free. You don't need to register to access it, add or edit content. You do need to register to upload photos, but that is also free and only requires choosing a userid and password. You only need to provide an email address if you want to be able to retrieve your password. Registered users have their own page where they can upload pictures of themselves and their aircraft etc. if they wish. |
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Where do you find places to fly?
("Andrew Rowley" wrote)
It occurred to me that a wiki might be good to collect information about places to fly (similar to Wikipedia). I have been working on and off on setting it up. You can try it out at... http://www.aviawiki.com Very cool....!!! If it remains clutter-free this site will spread like wildfire. Paul-Mont |
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Where do you find places to fly?
"Montblack" wrote:
http://www.aviawiki.com Very cool....!!! If it remains clutter-free this site will spread like wildfire. I hope so. There are various features implemented to try to stop "wikispam", time will tell how effective they are. One of the nice things about using the same software as Wikipedia is most problems will have already been encountered by Wikipedia (particularly problems of scale, spam etc.) -- Andrew Rowley |
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Where do you find places to fly?
"Travis Marlatte" wrote in message
et... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message ups.com... but what do you use to find fun places to fly? -- Jay Honeck I wait for you to post about your trips... Funny... But, why do you have to GO somewhere? I used to just go up and dink around - I could spend an hour in the pattern just perfecting spot landings or whatever I felt like that day. Now that you have a student in the family - why not let him show you what he has been learning? He won't break the airplane - trust me. -- Geoff The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com remove spaces and make the obvious substitutions to reply by mail When immigration is outlawed, only outlaws will immigrate. |
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Where do you find places to fly?
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message ups.com... Here we sit, with a scheduled afternoon off, an airplane full of gas -- and no plans. It's gonna be hotter than blazes, so we don't want to do our "Schmooze the FBO and have a picnic in the grass" thing (that we do when we want to spread the Good Word about our aviation-themed hotel to an airport that doesn't have a restaurant) -- we're gonna need food, preferably in airconditioned comfort. I've used http://www.funplacestofly.com/ in the past to find cool stuff to do, and our state website does SOME of this kind of stuff -- but what do you use to find fun places to fly? Whereever the RE market takes me. And having A/C now makes it more than tolerable. :~) -- Matt Barrow Performance Homes, LLC. Cheyenne, WY |
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