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Old April 27th 06, 05:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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I'll be flying in to Houston Hobby in a few days. Any tips for a little
plane driver?


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Old April 27th 06, 05:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"dlevy" wrote in message
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I'll be flying in to Houston Hobby in a few days. Any tips for a little
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Be careful.




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Old April 27th 06, 07:14 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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C. Massey wrote:
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I'll be flying in to Houston Hobby in a few days. Any tips for a little
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Be careful.


Buy low, sell high...
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Old April 27th 06, 07:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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I'll be flying in to Houston Hobby in a few days. Any tips for a little
plane driver?


Watch out for big planes.


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"dlevy" wrote in message
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I'll be flying in to Houston Hobby in a few days. Any tips for a little
plane driver?


There's a few flight schools on the airport, so the controllers are used to
dealing with students / low time pilots who might not be comfortable at a
Class-B towered airport... Watch out for the intersection of Rwy 35 and Rwy
04 -- there's a bump that can get you back airborn if you still have a bit
of speed when you cross it while landing on 35... But then again, that would
require the winds to be out of the north and that hardly *ever* happens
around here... At night, the airport is hard to find due to all the lights
of the city encroaching upon it... You don't see the runway lights until you
are nearly already lined up on the runway...

Oh, BTW, why you flying into there when there are so many smaller airports
around town?


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Old April 27th 06, 08:44 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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My sister lives in west Houston and I was think about going and see her. Do you
have any reconditions on smaller airports in the west Houston area?

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:39:06 GMT, "Grumman-581"
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Oh, BTW, why you flying into there when there are so many smaller airports
around town?



GeorgeC
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Old April 27th 06, 09:39 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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My hotel is close to Hobby.
Thanks for the info!

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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"dlevy" wrote in message
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I'll be flying in to Houston Hobby in a few days. Any tips for a little
plane driver?


There's a few flight schools on the airport, so the controllers are used
to
dealing with students / low time pilots who might not be comfortable at a
Class-B towered airport... Watch out for the intersection of Rwy 35 and
Rwy
04 -- there's a bump that can get you back airborn if you still have a bit
of speed when you cross it while landing on 35... But then again, that
would
require the winds to be out of the north and that hardly *ever* happens
around here... At night, the airport is hard to find due to all the lights
of the city encroaching upon it... You don't see the runway lights until
you
are nearly already lined up on the runway...

Oh, BTW, why you flying into there when there are so many smaller airports
around town?




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Old April 27th 06, 09:40 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Thanks!

"Michael" wrote in message
oups.com...
Houston Hobby is a total non-event for the little airplane driver.
They even have a flight school - solo students fly in and out of there.
No landing fee.

The hardest part is taxiing on the surface. Get a copy of the taxiway
diagram - it will put you one step ahead.

The key thing is LISTEN for your call sign, fly the assigned headings,
and look for the airport. If you talk to approach, they usually want
you to report the field in sight before the handoff to tower. The
earlier you can take the handoff, the easier it is. If you are sloppy
about your headings/altitudes or require more than one call on the
radio, you may get penalty vectors to Sugarland, adding 5-10 minutes to
your flight.

Michael



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Old April 27th 06, 09:41 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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I usually fly into West Houston (IWS).
Very nice place.

"GeorgeC" wrote in message
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My sister lives in west Houston and I was think about going and see her.
Do you
have any reconditions on smaller airports in the west Houston area?

On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:39:06 GMT, "Grumman-581"
wrote:


Oh, BTW, why you flying into there when there are so many smaller airports
around town?



GeorgeC



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Old April 27th 06, 11:25 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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GeorgeC wrote:
My sister lives in west Houston and I was think about going and see her. Do you
have any reconditions on smaller airports in the west Houston area?


Sugarland is ok too... if its just a matter of which one is closer,

Dave
 




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