Visiting USA - recommendations please..

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
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In Las Vegas do watch the Bellagio fountains at night. Across from
New York New York is M&M World where you can see a wall full of
dozens of different colors of M&Ms. You can buy containers of these
as well.

Mandalay Ball at the south end has an aquarium exhibit.

There is a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop at the Venetian I believe.

Don't forget Jimmy Buffet's "Margaritaville" -- where you can buy
margaritas "by the yard", right on the strip!

Barf

Bertie

Jay,

I spent an hour over the canyon, flying the specified routes --
and didn't feel like I missed a thing. It's truly a flight of a lifetime.


Indeed. Perfectly capped off with lunch at Marble Canyon.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

I spent an hour over the canyon, flying the specified routes --
and didn't feel like I missed a thing. It's truly a flight of a
lifetime.


Indeed. Perfectly capped off with lunch at Marble Canyon.

In my case, it was capped off with a bladder-busting four-hour leg to
Carlsbad, New Mexico. That 5+ hour flight remains the longest in my
logbook.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:3_sgj.25401$Ux2.21565
@attbi_s22:

I spent an hour over the canyon, flying the specified routes --
and didn't feel like I missed a thing. It's truly a flight of a
lifetime.


Indeed. Perfectly capped off with lunch at Marble Canyon.

In my case, it was capped off with a bladder-busting four-hour leg to
Carlsbad, New Mexico. That 5+ hour flight remains the longest in my
logbook.

Done more than that in a glider.


Bertie

On Jan 6, 10:54 am, OzPilot wrote:
Hello everybody.

I am travelling to Las Vegas (from Australia) in March for a work
conference but have three full days in Los Angeles. I thought that I
would use the opportunity to do some flying and maybe even take
advantage of some unusual types that you wouldn't and couldn't find
'
It will be pretty hard to rent anything other than a standard spam can
(C172 or Warrior).

Another enjoyable flight I'll throw into the conversation is to go to
KSMO and rent a 172 and an instructor for a local flight. From SMO
you can overfly LAX midfield at about 3000 feet, which is a great view
for an aviation enthusiast, you can watch the 747's taking off below
you to head out over the ocean, then go down to Long Beach, and then
out to Catalina Island (KAVX), which is a fun place to land winds
permitting (warning: landing fee, which is pretty rare in this
country) and eat at the runway cafe, if it's too windy it's still a
cool place to circumnavigate. Then back to Long Beach, back up over
LAX again, then up the coast to Malibu, turn inland and fly next to
the hills to downtown LA then back to SMO.

I did that on a business trip to LA, enjoyed it immensely. Highly
recommend it. Great way to see the LA area.

"Ron Lee" wrote in message
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In Las Vegas do watch the Bellagio fountains at night. Across from
New York New York is M&M World where you can see a wall full of dozens
of different colors of M&Ms. You can buy containers of these as well.

Mandalay Ball at the south end has an aquarium exhibit.

There is a Krispy Kreme doughnut shop at the Venetian I believe.


Aviation-minded people might want to check out the Janet terminal across
from the Luxor.

A friend of mine drove me around Kelly Johnson Boulevard past EG&G security.
There were a bunch of people standing out front smoking. A great prank
would have been to pull on an alien mask and some coveralls and just go
stand out front, holding a cigarette and looking bored just to see watch the
conspiracy tourists drive by. 'Course, I'd have probably gotten shot for
it.

-c

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Bt,

Personal aircraft in the Grand Canyon area is restricted to very high
altitudes because of the "noise" restrictions.


Myth alert! You can fly at 8500 to 10500 feet over much of the Canyon -
and that's been plenty impressive for this pilot.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

That is true Thomas.. but for those of us who remember "flying IN the
canyon", 8500MSL is pretty high.

BT

Get out of LA early and go to Las Vegas then check out the Aerobatic
Experience in Boulder City, Nevada just south of Las Vegas. Learn about
aerobatics in the Extra 300 over the Nevada desert. Check it out:

http://aerobaticexperience.com/

Bruce Williams of Micorsoft Flight Simulator fame also bases his Extra
300 at Boulder City in the winter months. Try and get a flight with him
if you can.

http://www.bruceair.com

I've rented 172's a couple times at North Las Vegas. Do a dual flight
with an instructor, get in some sightseeing and some instruction at the
same time. it's easier and less expensive than trying to do a checkout
to take the plane out yourself.

Enjoy.

Al
1964 Skyhawk
SFF/Spokane Wa USA



OzPilot wrote:
Hello everybody.

I am travelling to Las Vegas (from Australia) in March for a work
conference but have three full days in Los Angeles. I thought that I
would use the opportunity to do some flying and maybe even take
advantage of some unusual types that you wouldn’t and couldn’t find in
my part of the world. I considered some Aerobatic training (with an
instructor just for fun) and maybe a helicopter trial flight just to see
the city from the air. I’ve had a look at the web but it’s hard to get a
feel for your industry when it’s so different and so far away. It would
be great if anybody could give me personal recommendations for
schools/instructor to have a fly with. If I’m going to do a touristy
flight does anybody have any specific route recommendations?

This will be my first time to the USA so I’m looking forward to it
immensely.

Bt,

That is true Thomas.. but for those of us who remember "flying IN the
canyon", 8500MSL is pretty high.



You have a point ;-)

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"OzPilot" wrote in message
...

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."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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.


--
OzPilot
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