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Old June 7th 07, 01:20 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Sylvain
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Dave J wrote:
Among the rest, your stuck with the highly limited choices of HWD,
SQL, PAO, APC, DVO, RHV. Most of their towers will be closed at
midnight, but I'm not aware of any curfews that will affect a 152.


SJC closes at night as well (can't remember the time and I don't have
my AF/D with me);

I'd like to land in KSFO too eventually, the only Bay Area airport
missing in my list :-) (did land in KNUQ a few times doing Young
Eagles flights). My plan was to call the tower on the phone and
ask them what time would be the least inconvenient. :-)

--Sylvain
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Old June 7th 07, 01:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Sylvain
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Sylvain wrote:


SJC closes at night as well


I meant, the tower of SJC closes at night

--Sylvain
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Old June 7th 07, 03:44 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Don Tuite
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On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:21:53 -0700, Sylvain wrote:

Sylvain wrote:


SJC closes at night as well


I meant, the tower of SJC closes at night

There's no pump-yourself gas at KSQL. I'm not sure when the guy in
the Chevron truck goes home, but it's probably before the tower
closes.

Don

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Old June 7th 07, 05:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Ross
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Default flying into SFO at night?

Sylvain wrote:
Dave J wrote:

Among the rest, your stuck with the highly limited choices of HWD,
SQL, PAO, APC, DVO, RHV. Most of their towers will be closed at
midnight, but I'm not aware of any curfews that will affect a 152.



SJC closes at night as well (can't remember the time and I don't have
my AF/D with me);

I'd like to land in KSFO too eventually, the only Bay Area airport
missing in my list :-) (did land in KNUQ a few times doing Young
Eagles flights). My plan was to call the tower on the phone and
ask them what time would be the least inconvenient. :-)

--Sylvain


I kown a pilot here in the Dallas Fort Worth area that flew his C-152
into DFW airport and pick up his girl friend. He wrote a report on it
and it was great. He did call ahead to find the best time. Also during
the great Y2K, there was a girl flying at midnight and did a touch and
go at DFW. No one was around.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI
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Old June 8th 07, 06:57 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Robert M. Gary
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Default flying into SFO at night?

On Jun 7, 9:18 am, Ross wrote:
Sylvain wrote:
Dave J wrote:


Among the rest, your stuck with the highly limited choices of HWD,
SQL, PAO, APC, DVO, RHV. Most of their towers will be closed at
midnight, but I'm not aware of any curfews that will affect a 152.


SJC closes at night as well (can't remember the time and I don't have
my AF/D with me);


I'd like to land in KSFO too eventually, the only Bay Area airport
missing in my list :-) (did land in KNUQ a few times doing Young
Eagles flights). My plan was to call the tower on the phone and
ask them what time would be the least inconvenient. :-)


--Sylvain


I kown a pilot here in the Dallas Fort Worth area that flew his C-152
into DFW airport and pick up his girl friend. He wrote a report on it
and it was great. He did call ahead to find the best time. Also during
the great Y2K, there was a girl flying at midnight and did a touch and
go at DFW. No one was around.

--

Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI- Hide quoted text -

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DFW is very GA friendly, lots of runways etc. SFO is about as friendly
as LAX. They only have two landing runways at a time. We did go into
SFO 135 in the Debonair once though. It was pretty cool. Landing fee
was reduced to $180 with fuel purchase.

-Robert

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Old June 8th 07, 06:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
John Godwin
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in
ups.com:

DFW is very GA friendly, lots of runways etc. SFO is about as
friendly as LAX. They only have two landing runways at a time. We
did go into SFO 135 in the Debonair once though. It was pretty
cool. Landing fee was reduced to $180 with fuel purchase.

I've been into SFO several times. Once they gave me runway 1R with a
land and hold short chearance.

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