On 05-Nov-07 10:50, Robert M. Gary wrote:
On Nov 5, 9:29 am, Larry Dighera wrote:
On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:26:10 -0800, ThomasH wrote

Maybe some of you know what is going on with SJC?
You'll find two Transient Parking areas depicted on this airport
diagram:http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0711/00693AD.PDF
Presumably there is not charge for tie down there.

Unless something has changed you still pay the $40 for those. SJC is a
very GA unfriendly airport (the county figures you should be at RHV).
I once landed at SJC to fly another plane. I pulled plane #1 out of
its tie down spot and put plane #2 into the spot while I went out to
fly plane #1. When I got back there were two security trucks sitting
there with their lights flashing. They said there were getting ready
to tow plane #2. They keep track of what plane is in which spot.

-Robert

As my friend brought proudly his Lancair to SJC for the
first time, I was walking with him to the parking spot
with a camera to shoot his preflight and later the departure.
We sat on the bench (with is daughter who lives here now) in
front of Jet Center main entrance and waited for takeoff on
the 29er. One of the tracks stopped, well a Porsche Cayenne
rather, and a guy was complaining about my camera. I told
him that I fly here since 1996 and that I sure have 2-3
thousands of images of the vicinity in all sorts of aviation
related situations, she added that she waits for "daddy for
takeoff," and they soften up and left us.

I shot a lot from the air, everywhere. My images are even
on the 16R DVD. I was never ever before bothered by someone
because of photographing aircraft, pilots or personal.
This incident was to me very symbolic toward what SJC has
become, maybe even to the post 9-11 syndrome with safety
paranoia.

Thomas