James Robinson Wrote:
You left out the rest of the sentence:

"I am travelling to Las Vegas (from Australia) in March for a work
conference but have three full days in Los Angeles."
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The OP will have to clarify where he wants to try flying.

I'm sorry. I'm looking at doing some fixed wing stuff in LA and plan on
doing a trial flight in a chopper in Las Vegas to get a bird's eye view
of the main strip. I've spoken to a couple of operators in Vegas and
they're extrmely helpful and have provided me with numerous options.

Thanks for all your kind advice re flying in LA. I've sent a few emails
to operators that were mentioned and am eagerly awaiting repies. I'm
staying 'walking distance' from Rodeo Drive but will happily travel
anywhere for the opportunity. In fact, the more travel the better since
It'll give me the chance to meet more people and see more countryside.
In Vegas, I'm staying at one of the larger Casinos where the conference
I'm attending will be held.

To be honest, I didn't realise *California* was so densely populated.
It has a poulation of nearly 34 million just in that one state - nearly
60% more than the entire population of Australia. No wonder there are so
many fields there. In Aus, our airfields are few and very far between
(one GA field in the Sydney basin). In fact, you have more aircraft
attending Oshkosh than we have registered in all of Aus.

I've used www.blamping.com and Google Earth to have a browse of USA
locations. It's quite an amazing country.


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