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I landed at CAE two years ago enroute to PBI.
I used Columbia Aviation on the southeast corner of the airport. Nowhere near the service Jim described at Eagle Aviation, though. Hotels and restaurants are a mile or two down the road by the interstate. |
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I landed at CAE two years ago enroute to PBI.
I used Columbia Aviation on the southeast corner of the airport. I landed there on my way from and to SHD VA. Good service for fuel. Tower was very helpful on my trip back to PBI. I was in and out of clouds and had a tough time finding the airport. Was cleared to land RWY 11. I was a little disoriented and confirmed with tower that I was on left base to RWY 11. Previous was ask to land ILS rwy 5. Everyone was very helpful. Hank. |
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"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
... Howdy Simon, I grew up in Columbia. Let me know if you need suggestions on what to do and see there. Cool town. As for airports, your choices are limited to either Columbia Metropolitan (CAE) or Owens Field (CUB). CAE is a fair distance west of downtown but closer to the interstates. CUB is on the east side of town - far form the interstates but closer to downtown. Your choice really depends on what side of town your friend reside . . or perhaps the price of fuel. Tell me what neighborhood or part of town they live in and I'll tell you what airport is most convenient. CAE is the "big" (but GA friendly) airport with two huge runways. Eagle Aviation has been around a long time and have cute chicks at the counter. I used to go "parking" on roof of their facility. One of their ex-employees used to be the park-ee that turned me on to the secret rooftop accessway. Makin' love 30 feet from the runway with the smell of avgas in the air is probably what really motivated me to eventually become a pilot. . . but I digress. Very good "ass-kissin'" service last time I was there (golf cart to carry you 30 feet from your plane and all that). CUB is a small, well equipped GA airport. Don't know about the counter-chicks or the service but Airnav seems to have favorable comments about them. -- Jim Fisher Howdy Dude, LOL, I enjoyed the above "stories." The counter chickies may be nice, but I will be with the ultimate woman - my wife! She just graduated from college, and we're taking a nice relatively short trip to see our uncle and aunt in Irmo. Surely you know where that is. Which airport would you recommend? I called up CUB and they said they have no ramp fees and relatively cheap gas. If it is too far out of the way for my aunt and uncle, then I will go to CAE; otherwise, I'll go to CUB. What do you think? Can you tell me where the secret rooftop access is? If time permits and we go to CAE, I'd like to take my wife up to the roof. I know we'll have a good time, but I'm afraid I might give her shingles. Simon |
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"S Ramirez" wrote in message
we're taking a nice relatively short trip to see our uncle and aunt in Irmo. Surely you know where that is. Which airport would you recommend? Irmo is to the north-northwest of downtown and due north from CAE. I'd definately recommend CAE. Get on I-26 northbound and Irmo is about 10 miles up the road. CUB is waaaay across town on the east side of downtown. called up CUB and they said they have no ramp fees and relatively cheap gas. If it is too far out of the way for my aunt and uncle, then I will go to CAE; otherwise, I'll go to CUB. What do you think? Depends on how much money you will save. Irmo is 10 miles form CAE and mostly interstate between. Irmo is about 10 to 15 miles from CUB but there is no really efficient way to get to CUB from Irmo. You have to go through downtown and then some - which may be fine if you want to see some of Columbia while you're there. Check out Kyler's site for a map he http://tinyurl.com/2euyh Can you tell me where the secret rooftop access is? If time permits and we go to CAE, I'd like to take my wife up to the roof. I know we'll have a good time, but I'm afraid I might give her shingles. Snicker. There are no shingles. Just a flat roof. Tar stains may be an issue, though. Those don't come out of underwear, you know. It's not on the roof of Eagle aviation itself. If you are standing on road behind Eagle aviation, there is a building to the right that has (probably "had" in these trying times) a fire escape on the side of the building leading to the flat roof of that building. Go up the steps, lay down a blankie and watch the planes go by! -- Jim Fisher |
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"Jim Fisher" wrote in message . ..
Eagle Aviation ...and have cute chicks at the counter. Yes; I forgot about that. Jeesh!! And she had the cutest southern accent. |
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"S Ramirez" wrote in message . com...
"smackey" wrote in message ... I flew into Columbia Metropolitan (CAE), the main airport, in my C172 last summer. Parked at Eagle Aviation for a week. I was treated very well, and can highly recommend that FBO. The airport seems to be very GA friendly. The departure controller was very nice when I decided I needed a popup clearance about ten minutes after I took off. Smackey, What is a popup clearance? Simon It also means I failed to properly read the weather. |
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"smackey" wrote in message
m... "Jim Fisher" wrote in message . .. Eagle Aviation ...and have cute chicks at the counter. Yes; I forgot about that. Jeesh!! And she had the cutest southern accent. Those Southern accents kill me every time, but only from the chickies! I do remember an incident once when a fellow engineer and I were sent to an off-site location in Denton, TX to work at another company's site. He was from Detroit and could imitate any accent in the book, and he was good at it! When we got there we got the customary hotel stay until we could find a place to stay for 9 months (one gestation period). About a month later, we found some apartments at the same place. We both had to go to the Denton City utilities to get our electricity turned on. When we got there, we found a room full of people waiting around to be serviced. We noticed that we had to take a number, so we took one number, thinking that they could help us both at the same time. There were two great looking chickies up there calling out numbers and helping people. The place was busier than hell. Anyway, our number was called and we both sprang to the counter. One of them said "Can we help yall?" in a wonderful Texas drawl. The following conversation ensued, all using that exact wonderful Texas drawl: Ed: "You shore can, are you talking to him or are you talking to me?" Her: "I'm talking to both of yall." Ed: "You can't be talking to both of us." Her: "Why's that?" Ed: "Because everyone knows 'yalls' singular." Her: "Yalls singular?" Ed: "Yes, maam, 'yalls' singular, 'all yalls' plural." You had to have been there. Knowing that Ed was a honky from Detroit, Michigan didn't help me at all. I had to do the best I could from laughing, knowing that a honk from Detroit was supposedly teaching two Texas women how to speak their own language! Simon |
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