Flying in the US

Try the Midwest. Wichita is the home of Cessna, Beechcraft & Hawker
(Raytheon). No pesky mountains, very warm and friendly people, and lots of
airports (sometimes, you can make your own airport). Some fun cities are
Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis.

http://www.familytravelguides.com/ar...midweststates/


"NS" wrote in message
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I am looking for a friendly place to fly in the US when I go on vacation
this year - I have no particular destination in mind albeit I have flown in
sw Florida, Texas, New England and Arizona. Has anybody got any
recommendations for flight schools that aren't too commercial training
oriented and would welcome a keen limey ppl who only wants to fly for a bit
of fun and has a sense of humour.

I have around 300 hrs mostly on complex types

I would be grateful for your views

Regards

Nigel
Maidenhead, Berkshire UK

And home to some of the biggest dang tornados I have ever seen!!!!!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech


"H.P." wrote in message
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Try the Midwest. Wichita is the home of Cessna, Beechcraft & Hawker
(Raytheon). No pesky mountains, very warm and friendly people, and lots
of airports (sometimes, you can make your own airport). Some fun cities
are Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis.

http://www.familytravelguides.com/ar...midweststates/

And home to some of the biggest dang tornados I have ever seen!!!!!!!

Hey -- people come from all over the world to see those danged things!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Just goes to show there are fools all over the world! Something like 14
or so hit in one afternoon in a 50 mile radius of Wichita, I had my Bronco
packed my rollaway loaded and was headed to the coast of Georgia by noon the
next day, and I never went back to Kansas!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:BnJfe.64418$r53.49901@attbi_s21...
And home to some of the biggest dang tornados I have ever seen!!!!!!!

Hey -- people come from all over the world to see those danged things!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

You're giving the wrong impression to a visitor from across the pond. It's
not all-tornadoes, all-the-time.



"W P Dixon" wrote in message
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Just goes to show there are fools all over the world! Something like 14
or so hit in one afternoon in a 50 mile radius of Wichita, I had my Bronco
packed my rollaway loaded and was headed to the coast of Georgia by noon
the
next day, and I never went back to Kansas!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:BnJfe.64418$r53.49901@attbi_s21...
And home to some of the biggest dang tornados I have ever seen!!!!!!!

Hey -- people come from all over the world to see those danged things!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

W P Dixon wrote:
Just goes to show there are fools all over the world! Something like
14 or so hit in one afternoon in a 50 mile radius of Wichita, I had my
Bronco packed my rollaway loaded and was headed to the coast of Georgia
by noon the next day, and I never went back to Kansas!

Well, 14 tornadoes is a bit much, but you aren't completely safe there either.
In Georgia and Tennessee, we call mobile homes "tornado bait." And if you're on
the coast, you get the occasional hurricane too.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

NS wrote:
I am looking for a friendly place to fly in the US when I go on vacation
this year - I have no particular destination in mind albeit I have flown in
sw Florida, Texas, New England and Arizona.

Nigel, come see Colorado!

Rocky Mountain National Park, mountain flying,
Pikes Peak (14,000+ mountain you can drive to the top of), mountain flying,
Mount Evans, (14,000+ mountain you can drive to the top of), mountain flying,
Leadville, Colorado Airport, (LXV, 9,927 MSL, pattern at 11,000 MSL), mountain flying,
Gliders at Boulder, Colorado, or Owl Canyon Gliderport, Colorado, mountain flying,
Steamboat Springs (Strawberry Park Hot Springs, get neekid with the hippies), mountain flying,
Aspen, Colorado (See the beautiful people and their airplanes), mountain flying,
did I mention Mountain Flying? :-)

I have around 300 hrs mostly on complex types

Available for mountain flying, Cessna-172, Cessna-182, Piper Arrow.
See web site(s) in my .signature.

Colorado Pilots Association - Mountain Flying/High Elevation Ground School:
- Centennial Airport (APA), Tower Boardroom: June 18, 2005, Denver, Colorado
- Centennial Airport (APA), Tower Boardroom: August 13, 2005, Denver, Colorado

I teach the classroom and flying portions of this course.

I would be grateful for your views.

Worth EXACTLY what you paid for them. :-)

Best regards,

Jer/ Eberhard, CFII: Airplane, Instrument, Glider, Taildragger
--
Poudre Aviation, 2200 Airway Ave, Ft Collins, CO, 80524, USA
WEB: http://poudreaviation.com/ "Online Services" "New User"
CELL/VM: 970 231-6325, EMAIL: jer'at'frii.com
WEB: http://users.frii.com/jer/ "MFAL: Mountain Flying Aviation"

It's where density altitude was invented!


wrote in message ...
NS wrote:
I am looking for a friendly place to fly in the US when I go on vacation
this year - I have no particular destination in mind albeit I have flown
in
sw Florida, Texas, New England and Arizona.

Nigel, come see Colorado!

Rocky Mountain National Park, mountain flying,
Pikes Peak (14,000+ mountain you can drive to the top of), mountain
flying,
Mount Evans, (14,000+ mountain you can drive to the top of), mountain
flying,
Leadville, Colorado Airport, (LXV, 9,927 MSL, pattern at 11,000 MSL),
mountain flying,
Gliders at Boulder, Colorado, or Owl Canyon Gliderport, Colorado, mountain
flying,
Steamboat Springs (Strawberry Park Hot Springs, get neekid with the
hippies), mountain flying,
Aspen, Colorado (See the beautiful people and their airplanes), mountain
flying,
did I mention Mountain Flying? :-)

I have around 300 hrs mostly on complex types

Available for mountain flying, Cessna-172, Cessna-182, Piper Arrow.
See web site(s) in my .signature.

Colorado Pilots Association - Mountain Flying/High Elevation Ground
School:
- Centennial Airport (APA), Tower Boardroom: June 18, 2005, Denver,
Colorado
- Centennial Airport (APA), Tower Boardroom: August 13, 2005, Denver,
Colorado

I teach the classroom and flying portions of this course.

I would be grateful for your views.

Worth EXACTLY what you paid for them. :-)

Best regards,

Jer/ Eberhard, CFII: Airplane, Instrument, Glider, Taildragger
--
Poudre Aviation, 2200 Airway Ave, Ft Collins, CO, 80524, USA
WEB: http://poudreaviation.com/ "Online Services" "New User"
CELL/VM: 970 231-6325, EMAIL: jer'at'frii.com
WEB: http://users.frii.com/jer/ "MFAL: Mountain Flying Aviation"

Another scenic choice is the Great Lakes area. Lots of people hate
Chicago because the mayor recently bulldozed Meigs field, but it's an
easy city to get to commercially. Local flight schools tend to be
expensive but then the current value of the Euro makes everything a
bargain in the U.S....

NS wrote:

I would be grateful for your views

Regards

Nigel
Maidenhead, Berkshire UK



Nigel,

OK....I have to make a pitch for the "Great Northwest" part of the country:

Beautiful snow-capped montains, scenery, islands, the Pugent Sound,
clean air, the only legal place to land on the beach at the Pacific
Ocean (Copalis), Mt. St. Helen's volcano (active every day), right next
to Canada (Vancouver and Victoria are wonderful cities), lots of
touristy stuff to do in Seattle, and finally...a really good-humored guy
who can rent planes at cheap prices (club member) who is intelligent,
urbane, witty, handsome, knows all the girls, etc. (Call me and I'll see
if he is free to come along.)

Antonio