Slightly OT-Ping Jay-A Suggestion For Your Inn

BDS writes:

Neat airport - when I went inside there was a cardboard box full of cash and
coins and a set of keys on the counter. The sign on the box said that the
keys were for the courtesy car and just leave some money for gas if you used
it.

Wow ... it's nice to know there are still places in the world where
things can work that way.

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I was looking at the exterior photos of the hotel, and I didn't
realize that it was practically in the middle of an airport.

All sorts of ideas spring to mind, but they would all cost a lot of
money. For example, the tower is cool as-is ... but what if it were
remodeled to look like a control tower? With a closed deck on top
overlooking the airport, and scanners to monitor ATC and put it
through a few speakers. And if you had your own UNICOM station ...
well, lots of things could come together.

Are you close enough to the airport that aircraft could taxi and tie
down right outside the hotel? You could style some of the rooms like
gates at an airport. Customers with their own aircraft just taxi up
to the "gate" and hop off. They'd be able to keep an eye on their
aircraft just by looking out the window.

Looking at the Kiwi section, I note that you have part of the airport
simulated for MSFS. Do you have a .bgl file online for download that
shows the airport in detail along with your hotel? I could fly there
in MSFS.

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Mxsmanic wrote:

BDS writes:


Neat airport - when I went inside there was a cardboard box full of cash and
coins and a set of keys on the counter. The sign on the box said that the
keys were for the courtesy car and just leave some money for gas if you used
it.


Wow ... it's nice to know there are still places in the world where
things can work that way.



SOP across most of the country.

"Newps" wrote

Neat airport - when I went inside there was a cardboard box full of cash
and
coins and a set of keys on the counter. The sign on the box said that
the
keys were for the courtesy car and just leave some money for gas if you
used
it.


Wow ... it's nice to know there are still places in the world where
things can work that way.



SOP across most of the country.

I've seen plenty of keys for courtesy cars and lock boxes for gas money but
this was the only time I saw that much cash just lying there in an open box
on the counter. Most of my flying has been east of the Mississippi though -
maybe it's more common out west.

BDS

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Jay Honeck wrote:
Have you ever thought of installing a "Unicom Style" base
station, for your inn, with its own discrete freq? Given your
operation, it might be a dynamite idea to have a freq available so that
if a pilot is transiting your area, they could give you a call to see if
you have space available for an evening stay (i.e.: an "airborne
reservation").

Cool idea! I'll look into it -- thanks, Rick!

Just to follow up on that, Jay..

Should you do this, or even if you wanted to do this for the
CTAF there, have you thought of putting up a LiveATC feed should you do
this? That wouldn't take much, if anything at all, especially given
your close proximity to the field. There's already a feed for CID, but
for the general aviation guy, and especially the publicity and
advertising you'd get, it may be worthy.

Details are at http://www.liveatc.net. Just a thought.

BL.
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Newps writes:

SOP across most of the country.

I guess I've spent too much time living in big cities. I presume it
doesn't work that way in Baltimore or East Los Angeles, but perhaps in
smaller towns it does. It would make life a lot easier if it were
that safe everywhere.

If there are any scum reading this group, I suppose they'll be heading
out to the nearest small airport now, looking for easy cash.
Fortunately, however, most scum can't read.

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I cast out my Jim Weir lure on that one. So far no luck.

LoL!!!

You are more devious than I thought!

Wait until he gets back in range. I hear a shark can smell a drop of blood
a mile away! g
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SOP across most of the country.

I've seen plenty of keys for courtesy cars and lock boxes for gas money but
this was the only time I saw that much cash just lying there in an open box
on the counter. Most of my flying has been east of the Mississippi though -
maybe it's more common out west.

We often leave our courtesy van at the airport, for pilots to drive
over to the inn, or to get a bite to eat.

People outside the pilot community find that amazing. We find it
everywhere we go.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Looking at the Kiwi section, I note that you have part of the airport
simulated for MSFS. Do you have a .bgl file online for download that
shows the airport in detail along with your hotel? I could fly there
in MSFS.

Not yet. The guys that are modeling Iowa City for me have asked that
I wait till their done before making the "package" of files publically
available.

I'll post here when it's ready for download.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Have you ever thought of installing a "Unicom Style" base
station, for your inn, with its own discrete freq? Given your
operation, it might be a dynamite idea to have a freq available so that
if a pilot is transiting your area, they could give you a call to see if
you have space available for an evening stay (i.e.: an "airborne
reservation").

Another great idea. We already play Unicom in the lobby, and the
scanner is about 4 feet from my computer, which is on all the time,
connected via DSL line to the internet.

I'll check that out, too. Thanks!
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"