Where do you find places to fly?

On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:35:54 -0700, Matt Barrow wrote:

And having A/C now makes it more than tolerable. :~)

On a day like this, I'm *very* envious.

How frustrating to be sweating when I've done nothing stupid to cause it
laugh.

- Andrew

"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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On Sun, 08 Jul 2007 11:35:54 -0700, Matt Barrow wrote:

And having A/C now makes it more than tolerable. :~)

On a day like this, I'm *very* envious.

How frustrating to be sweating when I've done nothing stupid to cause it
laugh.

- Andrew
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Here we sit, with a scheduled afternoon off, an airplane full of gas
-- and no plans.

We just got back from a weekend in Nashville. Nice having an airplane
in order to make a trip from Savannah to Nashville a simple weekend
trip (2.5 hours there, 2.3 on the way back). Had to file IFR though,
and go up to 11,000 to get over some big weather activity but the
weather in Nashville was outstanding.

Nashville is a great town, we plan to go back and spend more time in
the fall. It takes more than a weekend to do everything there is to be
done.

Which airport did you use at Nashville?
Last time we were there, we used Smyrna, TN, thinking that BNA would be a
madhouse.
Jim


"kontiki" wrote in message
...
Jay Honeck wrote:
Here we sit, with a scheduled afternoon off, an airplane full of gas
-- and no plans.

We just got back from a weekend in Nashville. Nice having an airplane
in order to make a trip from Savannah to Nashville a simple weekend
trip (2.5 hours there, 2.3 on the way back). Had to file IFR though,
and go up to 11,000 to get over some big weather activity but the
weather in Nashville was outstanding.

Nashville is a great town, we plan to go back and spend more time in
the fall. It takes more than a weekend to do everything there is to be
done.

"Jim Burns" writes:

Which airport did you use at Nashville? Last time we were there, we
used Smyrna, TN, thinking that BNA would be a madhouse.

KBNA just fine last time I visited in summer 2006 (evening rush hour
arriving, early morning departure, IFR).

- FChE

Jim Burns wrote:
Which airport did you use at Nashville?
Last time we were there, we used Smyrna, TN, thinking that BNA would be a
madhouse.
Jim
John Tune JWN Very nice place, fuel not too cheap though.

Try this one:

http://www.brakesoff.com/by_state.php

No guarantees - the site is kind of new, but is improving. Add your
own comments about airports you have knowledge of.

David Johnson

http://www.brakesoff.com/by_state.php

No guarantees - the site is kind of new, but is improving. Add your
own comments about airports you have knowledge of.

Thanks! It's pretty sparse right now, but shows promise. I added some
info about our place in Iowa City -- we'll see how long it takes to
show up...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Jul 8, 4:26 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
Here we sit, with a scheduled afternoon off, an airplane full of gas
-- and no plans.

It's gonna be hotter than blazes, so we don't want to do our "Schmooze
the FBO and have a picnic in the grass" thing (that we do when we want
to spread the Good Word about our aviation-themed hotel to an airport
that doesn't have a restaurant) -- we're gonna need food, preferably
in airconditioned comfort.

I've usedhttp://www.funplacestofly.com/in the past to find cool
stuff to do, and our state website does SOME of this kind of stuff --
but what do you use to find fun places to fly?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

A map on the wall and a dart.

-Kees

On Jul 8, 4:26 pm, Jay Honeck wrote:
Here we sit, with a scheduled afternoon off, an airplane full of gas
-- and no plans.

Step 1) Procure large sheet of cork board
Step 2) Procure large wall map
Step 3) Affix map to cork board
Step 4) Throw dart at map
Step 5) Go there

Some of the most interesting places I've been were due to diversions (ie,
not planned).

The most interesting one was a few years ago in Goodland, KS. Stopped to
take on fuel and wait out some turbulence.

Met an OLD fellow hanging around the FBO.

I mean REALLY OLD! Like well into his 90's.

Struck up a conversation while wife and daughter hit the "powder room", and
found he'd learned to fly in the late 1920's. Had been a crop duster in the
1950's after flying cargo in WW2 and then again in Korea. Knew Jimmy
Doolittle, Hap Arnold, Eisenhower and a bunch of other historical aviation
folks.

Four hours and a couple dozen stories later, it was getting onto dark and we
had to 'git.

I have no idea when the weather had cleared because that was not the focus
of my attention.

One of the best things about the way we run our business is that, almost
exclusively, we stay out of the big metro areas (too much competition). The
boondocks, though, have all sorts of intersting stories.


--
Matt Barrow
Performance Homes, LLC.
Cheyenne, WY